{"product_id":"the-edge-of-water-paperback","title":"The Edge of Water - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOlufunke Grace Bankole\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Westport Prize for Literature\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Ploughshares John C. Zacharis First Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinalist for New American Voices Award, Pacific Northwest Book Award, and Oregon Book Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLonglisted for the Carol Shields Prize and the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBest Book of the Year at \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, Apple, Debutiful, Electric Literature, Well-Read Black Girl, \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and Goodreads \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfrocritik Notable African Book of 2025 \u003cbr\u003eBrittle Paper 100 Notable African Books of 2025 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBest Book of the Month at Oprah Daily, Apple Books, Alta Journal, \u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Book Riot, \u003ci\u003eThe Roots\u003c\/i\u003e, Write or Die, and \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSet between Nigeria and New Orleans, \u003ci\u003eThe Edge of Water\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a young woman who dreams of life in America, as the collision of traditional prophecy and individual longing tests the bonds of a family during a devastating storm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Ibadan, Nigeria, a mother receives a divination that foretells danger for her daughter in America. In spite of this warning, she allows her to forge her own path, and Amina arrives in New Orleans filled with hope. But just as Amina begins to find her way, a hurricane threatens to destroy the city, upending everything she'd dreamed of and the lives of all she holds dear. Years later, her daughter is left with questions about the mother she barely knew, and the family she has yet to discover in Nigeria. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring the love of a determined mother and dreaming daughter who do not say enough to each other until it is too late, the detangling of Yoruba Christianity, traditional religion, and folklore, and the tellings of three generations of daring women--through times of longing, promise, and romance, as well as heartbreak--Olufunke Grace Bankole's \u003ci\u003eThe Edge of Water\u003c\/i\u003e is a luminous debut novel about a young woman brave enough to leave all she knows behind, and the way her fate transforms a family destined to stay together.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlufunke Grace Bankole\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Edge of Water\u003c\/i\u003e (Tin House Books, 2025), winner of the Westport Prize for Literature and the \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e John C. Zacharis First Book Award, and a Best Book of the Year at \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, Apple Books, Electric Literature, \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, Debutiful, Well-Read Black Girl, and more. \u003ci\u003eThe Edge of Water \u003c\/i\u003ewas also longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction and named a finalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, the New American Voices Award, the CLMP Firecracker Awards, the Pacific Northwest Book Awards, and the Oregon Book Awards. It has been widely praised, including by Oprah Daily, Goodreads, \u003ci\u003eMs.\u003c\/i\u003e, Book Riot, Brittle Paper, The Root, and The Lagos Review. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Bankole has published work in numerous journals, including \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAGNI\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMichigan Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Antioch Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She won the Glimmer Train Short-Story Award for New Writers and has received honors and support from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Rona Jaffe Foundation, the Oregon Literary Fellowship Program, and the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.6 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51894784688416,"sku":"9781963108057","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/GqZrOJj5vK9781963108057.webp?v=1782025316","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-edge-of-water-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}