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The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney
The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney | Okechukwu Nzelu
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The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney is a comic novel about Nnenna, a half-Nigerian teenager living with her beloved mother Joanie. As Nnenna approaches womanhood she longs to connect with her Igbo-Nigerian culture. Her once close and tender relationship with her mother becomes strained as Nnenna begins to ask probing questions about her estranged father, who her mother who 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. Okechukwu Nzelu brings us a funny and heart-warming story that covers the expanse of race, gender, class, family and redemption, with a fresh and distinctive new voice.
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emmaturi
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This was a lovely story of a young woman, Nenna who is half Nigerian living in England. She would like to know more about her father but her mother who she used to be close too doesn't want to tell her about him. It also goes back and we see how her parents met in the first place. So it's about figuring out who you are and where you belong. I really enjoyed this book.

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emmaturi
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We can't use that quote, Joel, said Maurice, trying not to lose his temper.

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

ShyBookOwl This sounds so good! 3y
emmaturi It is! I just finished it! @ShyBookOwl 3y
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charl08
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Pickpick

Made me laugh out loud. Looking forward to the next book after this brilliant debut.

Recommended!

Magpiegem This looks good! Thank you - stacked 😊 4y
charl08 @Magpiegem hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 4y
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charl08
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Sam scowled and stabbed his fork into a piece of unidentified, unidentifiable meat. Why should Dan have all the luck! Wasn't Sam more handsome? Wasn't he a full inch taller Hadn't he just achieved Grade 8 Distinction on the harp!

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charl08
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Nnenna wants to find out more about her dad.
Her mum is not keen.

...let's just stick to our working theory.'
'Billionaire scientist stuck on a desert island....

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