# An Ordinary Wonder - Hardcover

by **Buki Papillon** (Author)

**\*\*WINNER OF THE MAYA ANGELOU AWARD\*\***

**A Massachusetts Book Award "Fiction Honor"**

**An extraordinary literary debut about a Nigerian boy's secret intersex identity and his desire to live as a girl.**

Oto leaves for boarding school with one plan: excel and escape his cruel home. Falling in love with his roommate was certainly not on the agenda, but fear and shame force him to hide his love and true self.

Back home, weighed down by the expectations of their wealthy and powerful family, the love of Oto's twin sister wavers and, as their world begins to crumble around them, Oto must make drastic choices that will alter the family's lives for ever.

Richly imagined with art, proverbs and folk tales, this moving and modern novel follows Oto through life at home and at boarding school in Nigeria, through the heartbreak of living as a boy despite their profound belief they are a girl, and through a hunger for freedom that only a new life in the United States can offer.

_An Ordinary Wonder_ is a powerful coming-of-age story that explores complex desires as well as challenges of family, identity, gender, and culture, and what it means to feel whole.

### Author Biography

**Buki Papillon** was born in Nigeria, the oldest of six. After studying law at Hull University in the UK, she completed an MFA in Creative Writing at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her debut novel, _An Ordinary Wonder_, has received rave reviews and mentions in the _New York Times, Ms. Magazine, Essence, Cosmopolitan_ UK and more, and is brilliantly narrated in audiobook by _Bridgerton_ Actor, Adjoa Andoh. Buki has received several fellowships and awards for her writing and is an alumnus of Key West Literary, Vermont Studio Center and Vona Voices residencies and workshops. Her work was published in _Post Road Magazine_ and _The Del Sol Review_. She has in the past been a travel adviser, events host and chef. Buki currently lives in Boston, where she is resigned to finding inspiration in the long winters.

**Number of Pages:** 336

**Dimensions:** 1.1 x 9 x 5.9 IN

**Publication Date:** September 07, 2021

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