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"It is 1971, a year after the Biafran War, and Nigeria is under military rule - though the politics of the state matter less than those of her home to Enitan Taiwo, an eleven-year-old girl tired of waiting for school to start. Will her mother, who has become deeply religious since the death of Enitan's brother, allow her friendship with the new girl next door, Sheri Bakare? This novel charts the fate of these two Nigerian girls, one who is prepared to manipulate the traditional system and one who attempts to defy it. Everything Good Will Come is Enitan's story; one of a fiercely intelligent,…
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9 editions- Other · English · 2024Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated · 9781623711047
- Other · English · 2019Myriad Editions · 336 pages · 9781912408528
- Other · English · 2016Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated · 336 pages · 9781566567046
- Other · English · 2014New Internationalist Publications, Limited · 336 pages · 9781904456957
- Other · English · 2012Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated · 9781623710163
- Other · English · 2008Spinifex Press · 335 pages · 9781876756666
Social classesWomenFictionFemale friendshipFiction, generalFriendship, fiction











