# This Motherless Land - Paperback

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by **Nikki May** (Author)

**Shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature**

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**"A vibrant coming-of-age story." -- Charmaine Wilkerson**

**"I was completely immersed." -- Nita Prose**

**From the acclaimed author of _Wahala,_ a stunning reimagining of Jane Austen's _Mansfield Park:_ Split between England and Nigeria, two extraordinary cousins are set on vastly different paths as they come to terms with their shared family history--a masterful exploration of race, identity, and love.**

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.

**Number of Pages:** 352

**Dimensions:** 1 x 7.8 x 5.2 IN

**Publication Date:** September 02, 2025

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