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Dele Weds Destiny
A novel
By (author):
Tomi Obaro
Tomi Obaro
Imprint:
KnopfISBN:
9780593320297Product Form:
Hardcover
Hardcover
English
Audience:
General / adult
Jun 28, 2022
$36.00 CAD
Forthcoming
Dimensions:
9.55in x 6.65 x 0.95 in | 1.14 lbPage Count:
256 pages
Alfred A. Knopf
Knopf
FICTION / Literary
- Description
- Author Bio
- Reviews
The story of three once-inseparable college friends in Nigeria who reunite in Lagos for the first time in thirty years—a sparkling debut novel about mothers and daughters, culture and class, sex and love, and the extraordinary resilience of female friendship.
“The bonds between women—as friends, and across the generations—are the jewels that make this story shine.” —Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage
Funmi, Enitan, and Zainab first meet at university in Nigeria and become friends for life despite their differences. Funmi is beautiful, brash, and determined; Enitan is homely and eager, seeking escape from her single mother’s smothering and needy love; Zainab is elegant and reserved, raised by her father’s first two wives after her mother’s death in childbirth. Their friendship is complicated but enduring, and over the course of the novel, the reader learns about their loves and losses. How Funmi stole Zainab’s boyfriend and became pregnant, only to have an abortion and lose the boyfriend to police violence. How Enitan was seduced by an American Peace Corps volunteer, the only one who ever really saw her, but is culturally so different from him—a Connecticut WASP—that raising their daughter together put them at odds. How Zainab fell in love with her teacher, a friend of her father’s, and ruptured her relationship with her father to have him.
Now, some thirty years later, the three women are reunited for the first time, in Lagos. The occasion: Funmi’s daughter, Destiny, is getting married. Enitan brings her American daughter, Remi. Zainab travels by bus, nervously leaving her ailing husband in the care of their son. Funmi, hosting the weekend with her wealthy husband, wants everything to go perfectly. But as the big day approaches, it becomes clear that something is not right. As the novel builds powerfully, the complexities of the mothers’ friendship—and the private wisdom each has earned—come to bear on a riveting, heartrending moment of decision. Dele Weds Destiny is a sensational debut from a dazzling new voice in contemporary fiction.
“The bonds between women—as friends, and across the generations—are the jewels that make this story shine.” —Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage
Funmi, Enitan, and Zainab first meet at university in Nigeria and become friends for life despite their differences. Funmi is beautiful, brash, and determined; Enitan is homely and eager, seeking escape from her single mother’s smothering and needy love; Zainab is elegant and reserved, raised by her father’s first two wives after her mother’s death in childbirth. Their friendship is complicated but enduring, and over the course of the novel, the reader learns about their loves and losses. How Funmi stole Zainab’s boyfriend and became pregnant, only to have an abortion and lose the boyfriend to police violence. How Enitan was seduced by an American Peace Corps volunteer, the only one who ever really saw her, but is culturally so different from him—a Connecticut WASP—that raising their daughter together put them at odds. How Zainab fell in love with her teacher, a friend of her father’s, and ruptured her relationship with her father to have him.
Now, some thirty years later, the three women are reunited for the first time, in Lagos. The occasion: Funmi’s daughter, Destiny, is getting married. Enitan brings her American daughter, Remi. Zainab travels by bus, nervously leaving her ailing husband in the care of their son. Funmi, hosting the weekend with her wealthy husband, wants everything to go perfectly. But as the big day approaches, it becomes clear that something is not right. As the novel builds powerfully, the complexities of the mothers’ friendship—and the private wisdom each has earned—come to bear on a riveting, heartrending moment of decision. Dele Weds Destiny is a sensational debut from a dazzling new voice in contemporary fiction.
BREAKOUT DEBUT NOVEL: A glorious pairing of commercial storytelling instincts and extraordinary literary panache, anchored by three irresistible heroines and set in a city that leaps off the page, Dele Weds Destiny has brains, heart, humor, and is exactly what readers want right now. A standout debut novel and the launch of a major career.
AUTHOR: Thirty-year-old Tomi Obaro is a senior editor at BuzzFeed News, where she edits award-winning authors and writes cultural criticism, and is connected to a number of popular contemporary authors. She will be a major asset to our publication efforts.
GENRE: Crazy Rich Asians meets Americanah; Commencement meets The Vanishing Half. This is a story about mothers and daughters, about being Nigerian, Yoruba, Hausa, Muslim—a novel for our times, warm and funny and impossible to put down.
EARLY BUZZ: Acquired in a twelve-way auction and immediately preempted in Germany and the UK, Dele Weds Destiny has already set off a firestorm of excitement, with many more international deals and stellar endorsements in the works.
Marketing: Major Online Advertising on Top Women’s and Lifestyle Sites
Influencer Outreach and Social Promotion
Early Reader Review Campaign
Pre-Order Promotion
Book Club Outreach with Discussion Guide Available
Enhanced Content for Retailers and Author Socials
Pursue Partnership Opportunities
Digital ARC Cistribution
Academic Marketing Campaign
Library Marketing Campaign
Publicity: National Media Appearances, including NPR and Print Features
National Review Coverage
Women’s Magazine Coverage
Online Interviews, Reviews, and Literary/Entertainment Blog Coverage
“Most Anticipated” Summer Reading Lists
Coverage on Pop Culture Podcasts and Newsletters/Substacks
Coverage on Travel Outlets and Podcasts
Black Press
Author Events
Author Website: tomiobaro.com
Author Social Media: @TomiObaro
Influencer Outreach and Social Promotion
Early Reader Review Campaign
Pre-Order Promotion
Book Club Outreach with Discussion Guide Available
Enhanced Content for Retailers and Author Socials
Pursue Partnership Opportunities
Digital ARC Cistribution
Academic Marketing Campaign
Library Marketing Campaign
Publicity: National Media Appearances, including NPR and Print Features
National Review Coverage
Women’s Magazine Coverage
Online Interviews, Reviews, and Literary/Entertainment Blog Coverage
“Most Anticipated” Summer Reading Lists
Coverage on Pop Culture Podcasts and Newsletters/Substacks
Coverage on Travel Outlets and Podcasts
Black Press
Author Events
Author Website: tomiobaro.com
Author Social Media: @TomiObaro
“Fast-paced, glamorous, and bursting with emotion, Dele Weds Destiny is a thrilling debut. The bonds between women—as friends, and across the generations—are the jewels that make this story shine.” —Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage
“This enchanting debut is an affectionate portrait of three women at middle age, cannily exploring the ways the self is forged in youth. With an admirably light touch, Tomi Obaro documents how class, race, faith, and power define the lives of women in Nigeria and America, past and present.” —Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind
“Tomi Obaro has a true gift for honoring the details that illuminate our most human tensions…Dele Weds Destiny is a black diamond of a debut.” —Saeed Jones, author of How We Fight for Our Lives
“Tomi Obaro has given us a wonderful novel full of richly-drawn, complicated, nuanced characters all trying to love and connect with each other. An ode to the bonds of friendship across decades, Dele Weds Destiny is a marvelous debut.” —Jami Attenberg, author of The Middlesteins
“Dele Weds Destiny is, among a great many other things, such a generous and patient consideration of life, and of lives. Tomi Obaro is such a skilled writer, with an eye towards the vivid and vivacious moments that others might dismiss as stillness. I am so thankful for the world of this book, and so excited for everyone who gets to sit in it.” —Hanif Abdurraqib, author of They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us
“Obaro writes beautifully about the complicated labor of friendship and parentage. Dele Weds Destiny explores caregiving as a kind of deferment, but also as discovery, of desire, of fury, of home.” —Raven Leilani, author of Luster
“An engrossing read with strong characters and a clear portrait of Nigeria then and now…Obaro’s debut is a portrait of female friendship that will feel familiar to women everywhere, but it is also infused with Nigerian cultural specificity: food, clothing, religion, music, and ambient threat.” —Kirkus Reviews
“The intricacies of female friendships and the complex nature of mother/daughter relationships are at the heart of this absorbing novel from BuzzFeed culture editor Obaro, a sharp new voice on the literary scene.” —Library Journal
