A Spell of Good Things -- Ayobami Adebayo, Hardcover

A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession, and political corruption from the celebrated author of Stay with Me, "in the lineage of great works by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" (The New York Times).

Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. Because his father has lost his job, Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers, begging when he must, dreaming of a big future.

Wuraola is a golden girl, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice, she is beloved by Kunle, the volatile son of an ascendant politician.

When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party, Wuraola's and Eniola's lives become intertwined. In her breathtaking second novel, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ shines her light on Nigeria, on the gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots, and the shared humanity that lives in between.

Author: Ayobami Adebayo
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 02/07/2023
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.80w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780525657644

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2022 pg. 9
Publishers Weekly 12/12/2022
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2023
Booklist 01/01/2023 pg. 26