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Author:
Papillon, Buki, author.
Title:
An ordinary wonder : a novel / Buki Papillon.
Edition:
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Publisher:
Pegasus Books,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
313 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Intersex people--Fiction.
Gender-nonconforming people--Fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Nigeria--Fiction.
Yoruba (African people)--Nigeria--Fiction.
Yoruba (African people)--United States--Fiction.
Immigrants--United States--Fiction.
Mythology, African--Fiction.
Dysfunctional families.
Gender-nonconforming people.
Immigrants.
Intersex people.
Manners and customs.
Mythology, African.
Yoruba (African people)
Nigeria--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Nigeria.
United States.
Fictional Work
Novels.
Bildungsromans.
Fiction.
Social problem fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Social problem fiction.
Novels.
Romans.
Summary:
"My name is Otolorin. I've been called monster. Within dark valleys of flesh I defy the given - a snake curled in upon itself, two-in-one, mythical and shunned. Yet, in that magic place between worlds, in the realm where the great mother gives milk to her offspring, I become like a goddess. 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"--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9781643137810
1643137816
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1236259662
Locations:
XWPC787 -- Avoca Public Library (Avoca)
CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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