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100 1 _aNzelu, Okechukwu,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aThe private joys of NNENNA MALONEY /
_cOKECHUKWU NZELU
264 1 _aLondon :
_bDialogue Books,
_c2020.
300 _a310 pages :
_c20 cm
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
520 _aAs Nnenna Maloney approaches womanhood she longs to connect with her Igbo-Nigerian culture. Her once close and tender relationship with her mother, Joanie, becomes strained as Nnenna begins to ask probing questions about her father, who Joanie refuses to discuss. Nnenna is asking big questions of how to 'be' when she doesn't know the whole of who she is. Meanwhile, Joanie wonders how to love when she has never truly been loved. Their lives are filled with a cast of characters asking similar questions about identity and belonging whilst grappling with the often hilarious encounters of everyday Manchester
586 _aWinner of Betty Trask Award 2020 (UK)
586 _aShort-listed for Desmond Elliott Prize 2020 (UK)
586 _aShort-listed for Polari First Book Prize 2020 (UK)
650 1 0 _aTeenage girls
_vFiction
650 2 0 _aRacially mixed people
_vFiction.
650 2 0 _aMothers and daughters
_vFiction
655 7 _aEducational novel
655 7 _aHumorous fiction
942 _2ddc
_cB
999 _c183390
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