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An Ordinary Wonder - Heartbreaking and charming coming-of-age fiction about love, loss and taking chances (Hardcover)
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An Ordinary Wonder - Heartbreaking and charming coming-of-age fiction about love, loss and taking chances (Hardcover)
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'OMG!!! This has to be my best book of the year!... Made me laugh
and it made me cry!... So heartbreaking but inspiring at the same
time. Loved it!' Goodreads Reviewer A powerful novel about an
intersex Nigerian teenager and the courage to be yourself. Raised
as a boy in a grand but unhappy family in Nigeria, Otolorin Akinro
escapes to boarding school knowing two things: she is truly a girl,
and to stay safe, she must hide that truth. Away from the cruelty
of her childhood home, Oto blooms even as she strives to be the
best boy she can, finding true friendship and working hard to earn
a scholarship to an American university, hoping someone out there
might help her understand the secrets her body holds. But she
cannot stay away forever. Back home for the holidays, though Oto
and her beloved twin sister are overjoyed to see each other, their
mother's violence erupts once more and when a terrible incident
rips their lives apart, Oto is left alone. As her world goes up in
flames, can Otolorin rebuild a life from the ashes of her true
self? An Ordinary Wonder is an utterly gripping, heartbreaking and
uplifting coming-of-age story about family, identity, gender and
culture and discovering your whole, true self. If you loved The
Vanishing Half, The Girl with the Louding Voice or The Death of
Vivek Oji, you'll adore this moving book. What readers are saying
about An Ordinary Wonder: 'WOW!!!! I absolutely LOVED this book...
A powerful, engrossing, sad, but also joyous book. I could not stop
listening and reading once I started it.' Goodreads Reviewer 'This
story was so sad!!!... Just broke my heart.' Goodreads Reviewer
'One of the best, most beautiful and most incredible books I've
ever read in my entire life.' Goodreads Reviewer 'I thought I was
going to make it all the way through to end of this book without
crying. Turns out, I was very wrong... After the tears, you're
cheering with the characters all the way to the end.' Goodreads
Reviewer 'Wow! This book is so totally awesome!... An amazing
story.' Goodreads Reviewer 'Moved me to tears but also filled me
with hope. An emotional, heartbreaking read, with a plot that kept
me gripped and stunning writing. I'm still thinking about this book
months after reading it.' Goodreads Reviewer 'Brilliant... The
tension builds up and honestly the author squeezed every emotion
out of me!' Reader review
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Imprint: |
Dialogue Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2021 |
First published: |
2020 |
Authors: |
Buki Papillon
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Dimensions: |
238 x 160 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-349-70126-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-349-70126-1 |
Barcode: |
9780349701264 |
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