A review by anniemackillican
Butter Honey Pig Bread by francesca ekwuyasi
5.0
This is, by far, and without a doubt, the best book I have read this year.
Never have I read such an honest and raw account of dealing with pain, grief, resentment and love and what it means when your family are both your home and the people who drive you away from home.
After the death of their father, Taiye and Kehinde live through a trauma that fractures their relationship as children, and grows into resentment as they become adults. After spending several years apart, they return home to Lagos to visit their mother, and confront the pain of their pasts.
This book so perfectly captures the complex relationships between sisters, especially after experienced a collective violation that left them deeply scarred. Their desire to be close again mixes with their anger towards one another and culminates as they make decisions about how to move forward with their lives.
This is also a queer story which in my opinion just makes everything better.
The easiest 5 stars I’ve ever given out.
Never have I read such an honest and raw account of dealing with pain, grief, resentment and love and what it means when your family are both your home and the people who drive you away from home.
After the death of their father, Taiye and Kehinde live through a trauma that fractures their relationship as children, and grows into resentment as they become adults. After spending several years apart, they return home to Lagos to visit their mother, and confront the pain of their pasts.
This book so perfectly captures the complex relationships between sisters, especially after experienced a collective violation that left them deeply scarred. Their desire to be close again mixes with their anger towards one another and culminates as they make decisions about how to move forward with their lives.
This is also a queer story which in my opinion just makes everything better.
The easiest 5 stars I’ve ever given out.