Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
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- Lizzie Damilola Blackburn is a British-Nigerian writer, born in Peckham, who wants to tell the stories that she and her friends have longed for but never seen – romcoms 'where Cinderella is Black and no-one bats an eyelid'. In 2019 she won the Literary Consultancy Pen Factor Writing Competition with the early draft of Yinka, Where is your Huzband?, which she had been writing alongside juggling her job at Carers UK. She has been at the receiving end of the question in the title of her novel many times, and now lives with her husband in Milton Keynes.
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Yinka, where is your huzband? door Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
Every nationality has family members who pressure singletons to marry, then follow up with the push to have children, but it seems Nigerian aunties are in the Olympic medalist echelon. The charming if immature, Yinka is delightful and ends up searching for a job and a boyfriend at the same time. This 31 year-old woman is smart, an Oxford graduate, yet lacks self-confidence and believes social media opinions of what a beautiful Black woman should look like. Blackburn’s debut is not a perfect book but it's witty and has believable characters. It is set in London's Nigerian community.… (meer)
½Listened to an audio version of this which really added to the experience because the voice actor was great with the various dialects in the story. I love a book that teaches me something about culture and society, as well as a narrative that involves reflection and growth.
Sweet book. Liked the cultural aspects.
Yinka is an Oxford educated British Nigerian woman in her 30s. When her cousin becomes engaged, Yinka's family asks -- Yinka, where is your huzband? Yinka finds out that her ex-boyfriend will be at the wedding, so she plans Operation Wedding Date to get a date so that she can show her ex that she is dating. However, she begins to compromise herself. Her family and friends are concerned that she is changing.
Many of the parts of this book are laugh-out-loud funny, while other parts are sad, as you recognize that Yinka is trying to adjust to fit someone else's ideals. Ultimately, Yinka takes stock of what she is doing.
I really enjoyed this novel.… (meer)
Many of the parts of this book are laugh-out-loud funny, while other parts are sad, as you recognize that Yinka is trying to adjust to fit someone else's ideals. Ultimately, Yinka takes stock of what she is doing.
I really enjoyed this novel.… (meer)
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- #102,474
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- 3.7
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- 8
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- 13