nStunning in its style and its deeply felt characters, this nis a perfect book club book, centered on sisterhood, family ties, and a mother nfinding the courage to save her children and herselfn nChika Unigwe is a celebrated and highly acclaimed Nigerian-born nIgbo author, whose honors include winning the Nigeria Literature Prize, the Sylt Fellowship for African Writers, and nmany other distinctionsn nChika is a well-established author with a dedicated audience. nHer best-loved books include On Black Sisters Street, which won the 2012 nNigeria Prize for Literature, and a collection of short stories entitled Better nNever Than Late, nominated for an NAACP Awards for Outstanding Literary nWorkn nPromotion will include outreach to the large Nigerian ndiaspora community in Georgia, as well as Southern indies and outlets such as Black Books Matter, the Nigeria nReview of Books, and Southern outlets and festivals from the Southern Review of nBooks to Southern Livingn n nn nA lush, powerful tale of family and sisterhood from award-winning author Chika Unigwe, perfect for fans of Bernardine Evaristo and Tayari Jones nUdodi's death was the beginning of the raging storm but at that moment, we thought that the worst had already happened, and that life would treat us with more kindness. n nWhen seventeen-year-old Nani loses her older sister and then her father in quick succession, her world spins off its axis. Isolated and misunderstood by her grieving mother and sister, she's drawn to an itinerant preacher, a handsome self-proclaimed man of God who offers her a new place to belong. All too soon, Nani finds herself estranged from her family, tethered to her abusive husband by children she loves but cannot fully comprehend.

She must find the courage to break free and wrestle her life back--without losing what she loves most. n nA modern reimagining of the myth of Hades and Persephone within a Nigerian family, The Middle Daughter charts Nani's journey to freedom and homecoming. n nn