Wahala
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3.9 • 27 Ratings
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- £7.99
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- £7.99
Publisher Description
Brought to you by Penguin.
Sex and the City' with a killer edge for fans of QUEENIE, EXPECTATION and MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER
See me, see trouble
Ronke, Simi, Boo are three mixed-race friends living in London. They have the gift of two cultures, Nigerian and English, though they don't all choose to see it that way.
Everyday racism has never held them back, but now in their thirties, they question their future. Ronke wants a husband (he must be Nigerian); Boo enjoys (correction: endures) stay-at-home motherhood; while Simi, full of fashion career dreams, rolls her eyes as her boss refers to her 'urban vibe' yet again.
When Isobel, a lethally glamorous friend from their past arrives in town, she is determined to fix their futures for them.
Cracks in their friendship begin to appear, and it is soon obvious Isobel is not sorting but wrecking. When she is driven to a terrible act, the women are forced to reckon with a crime in their past that may just have repeated itself.
A darkly comic and bitingly subversive take on love, race and family, Wahala will have you laughing, crying and gasping in horror. Boldly political about class, colorism and cooking, here is a truly inclusive tale that will speak to anyone who has ever cherished friendship, in all its forms.
© Nikki May 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Customer Reviews
Friendships
The unsettling world of friendships is revealed! Can’t trust everyone!!
Stuck with it but it wasn’t worth it
The Narration was poor. The characters were all portrayed unpleasantly bar a few. It was difficult to connect or empathise with any of them. Even Sofia was whiny and precocious to the point of annoying. The accents were irritatingly bad. For such a shallow book it was unnecessary … plot spoiler here… to kill off the boyfriend
Worst piece of literature from the diaspora
Problematic. Anti black.
Reading this as a Nigerian, I feel very insulted.
A boon about four mixed raced Nigerian woman that have the worst perception of country. All the worst stereotypes of Nigerians. ALL the main characters are pretentious and condescending.
Says a lot about the writer.