Someday, Maybe
A Novel
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4.3 • 19 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
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“If you are someone who gravitates toward emotional gut punch reads, allow me to introduce you to this spectacular debut…”—BuzzFeed
Here are three things you should know about my husband: He was the great love of my life despite his penchant for going incommunicado.
He was, as far as I and everyone else could tell, perfectly happy. Which is significant because…
On New Year’s Eve, he died.
And here is one thing you should know about me: I found him.
Bonus fact: No. I am not okay.
Someday, Maybe is a stunning, witty debut novel about a young woman’s emotional journey through unimaginable loss, pulled along by her tight-knit Nigerian family, a posse of friends, and the love and laughter she shared with her husband.
“Incisive and witty. I couldn’t put it down.”—Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström, internationally bestselling author of In Every Mirror She's Black
“A masterfully woven exposition on love and loss. Nwabineli is magic with words.”—Bolu Babalola, internationally bestselling author of Honey and Spice
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
In British-Nigerian author Onyi Nwabineli’s spellbinding debut novel, an ambitious young woman grapples with love, loss, and all-consuming grief. When Eve’s 33-year-old husband Quentin takes his life, her world collapses. While Eve’s warm Nigerian family try their best to help her, she burrows deep into her sorrow and a cocktail of pills. To make matters worse, Quentin’s white, racist mother blames Eve for her son’s death. But as Eve recalls tender memories of her life with Q, she slowly finds her way out of the dark—helped by a startling surprise that will transform her life. We were captivated by Nwabinelli’s ability to bring us into Eve’s emotional world. Someday, Maybe is a stirring story that made us contemplate the nature of grief and what it really means to find closure.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Nwabineli debuts with a powerful tale of a London widow whose photographer husband died by suicide. After Eve finds her husband, Quentin, dead on New Year's Eve, she struggles to find her equilibrium in the aftermath, turning to her close-knit Nigerian family's support, her best friend Bee, and benzos and barbiturates to survive. Having been with Quentin since their college years, Eve feels lost, and her behavior—which leads to publishing an online article suggesting the perfect cocktail of pharmaceuticals to address grief—results in her getting sacked from her magazine job. Matters are made worse by Eve's mother-in-law, Aspen, who blames Eve for the suicide of her only child, which complicates Eve's already-overwhelming grief. Just when it looks like Eve will never recover, a series of unexpected events and people show her a way to climb out of the depths of despair. Nwabineli credibly portrays Eve's gut-deep grief and her reckoning with the fact that she'll never know what darkness lay within her partner's thoughts. The author also skillfully sets up a series of surprising turns. The genuine displays of emotion and sharp narrative will keep readers turning the pages. Agent: Amy St Johnston, Aitken Alexander Assoc.
