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University City Public Library Book Challenge: Ties That Tether
They are both shocked a month later, when Raphael is introduced as a new employee at her company.
July 19, 2021
Ties That Tether by Jane Igharo (2020) 306 pages
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They are both shocked a month later, when Raphael is introduced as a new employee at her company. It's awkward because Azere really wants to please her mother by finding a Nigerian man, but she finds herself unable to stop thinking about Raphael. Now she must take a stand one way or another, pitting herself against her mother by choosing to be with Raphael and possibly losing her culture, or by giving up the one man she has a strong connection to.
The story is reminiscent of some novels I've read where Asian-American parents try to choose mates for their adult children, but with a Nigerian backstory, in this case. And some secrets to shake things up.
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