This Motherless Land
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Quiet Funke is happy in Nigeria. She loves her art teacher mother, her professor father, and even her annoying little brother (most of the time). But when tragedy strikes, she's sent to England, a place she knows only from her mother's stories. To her dismay, she finds the much-lauded estate dilapidated, the food tasteless, the weather grey. Worse still, her mother's family are cold and distant. With one exception: her cousin Liv. Free-spirited Liv has always wanted to break free of her joyless family. She becomes fiercely protective of her little cousin, and her warmth and kindness give Funke a place to heal. The two girls grow into adulthood the closest of friends. But the choices their mothers made haunt Funke and Liv and when a second tragedy occurs their friendship is torn apart. Against the long shadow of their shared family history, each woman will struggle to chart a path forward, separated by country, misunderstanding, and ambition. Moving between Somerset and Lagos over the course of two decades, "This Motherless Land" is a sweeping examination of identity, culture, race, and love that asks how we find belonging and whether a family's generational wrongs can be righted.
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May, N., & Opia, W. (2024). This Motherless Land. Unabridged. HarperAudio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)May, Nikki and Weruche, Opia. 2024. This Motherless Land. HarperAudio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)May, Nikki and Weruche, Opia, This Motherless Land. HarperAudio, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)May, Nikki, and Weruche Opia. This Motherless Land. Unabridged. HarperAudio, 2024.
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| duration | 10h 36m 32s |
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| dateLastUpdated | May 01, 2025 07:59:34 PM |
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