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    Butter Honey Pig Bread
    Butter Honey Pig Bread
    Butter Honey Pig Bread
    Audiobook12 hours

    Butter Honey Pig Bread

    Written by Francesca Ekwuyasi

    Narrated by Amaka Umeh

    4.5/5

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    2021 CANADA READS FINALIST

    Longlisted for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize

    An intergenerational saga about three Nigerian women: a novel about food, family, and forgiveness.

    Butter Honey Pig Bread is a story of choices and their consequences, of motherhood, of the malleable line between the spirit and the mind, of finding new homes and mending old ones, of voracious appetites, of queer love, of friendship, faith, and above all, family.

    Francesca Ekwuyasi’s debut novel tells the interwoven stories of twin sisters, Kehinde and Taiye, and their mother, Kambirinachi. Kambirinachi feels she was born an Ogbanje, a spirit that plagues families with misfortune by dying in childhood to cause its mother misery. She believes that she has made the unnatural choice of staying alive to love her human family and now lives in fear of the consequences of that decision.

    Some of Kambirinachi’s worst fears come true when her daughter, Kehinde, experiences a devasting childhood trauma that causes the family to fracture in seemingly irreversible ways. As soon as she’s of age, Kehinde moves away and cuts contact with her twin sister and mother. Alone in Montreal, she struggles to find ways to heal while building a life of her own. Meanwhile, Taiye, plagued by guilt for what happened to her sister, flees to London and attempts to numb the loss of the relationship with her twin through reckless hedonism.

    Now, after more than a decade of living apart, Taiye and Kehinde have returned home to Lagos to visit their mother. It is here that the three women must face each other and address the wounds of the past if they are to reconcile and move forward.

    Bespeak Audio Editions brings Canadian voices to the world with audiobook editions of some of the country’s greatest works of literature, performed by Canadian actors.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherECW Press
    Release dateFeb 5, 2021
    ISBN9781773057422

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    Reviews for Butter Honey Pig Bread

    4.5/5

    244 ratings16 reviews

    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to be a beautiful debut that takes them through a range of emotions. The writing is stunning and the storytelling is exquisite. The book explores the lives of three women and their experiences with love, hurt, and healing. While some readers found the frequent character point of view switches confusing, overall, the book is praised for its rich narrative and delicious narration. It offers a common premise with a magical and sentimental spin, and the characters are well-developed. The ending is beautiful and the book is considered a must-read of 2021.

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    • 4/5
      Interesting read. Hard to follow at times but could be bc it was audible

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This book was so tender and juicy. The characters were textured and narrator spoke life to the words (esp beneficial to me as I speak no Yoruba)!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      this is a beautifully written book and i found myself becoming totally obsessed. however, i think this book is would’ve been easier to follow if i had actually read it instead of listened to it. the frequent character pov switches confused me and caused me to rewind more often than normal. the length of the chapters would’ve also been more manageable if i read the physical book. it was hard to find stopping places since there weren’t shorter chapters to use as a natural stopping point.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Incredible

      I wouldn't change anything about this about this novel. This is definitely one of my best books of 2021. I'm in love

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Beautiful writing, beautiful story. I love love it. Stunning, this one!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      EXCELLENT BOOK!!!! PERFECT FROM BEGINNING TO END. the author was in their mf bag. very realistic family trauma with spiritual elements to it. chefs kiss.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I love this story. I love the family. The writer invites you into three women's lives like they don't need privacy. It feels so real, like while I'm sitting on my back porch reading they're really living.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I loved it!!!! I was hooked on the exquisite storytelling.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      I enjoyed experiencing these women's lives and stories, and being a spectator to their loves, hurts and healing. Gorgeous. Heartwrenching. Utterly visceral.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Wow! This was such a treat. A book that hones in on painful traumas that threaten to break the bonds created by blood. It is all about the in-between - when the rift created by silence and aloneness becomes bigger and swallows everyone whole.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      A beautiful debut that will take you through all the emotions.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Great writing & story telling! The complexity of the relationships and the depth of each of their wounds was felt familiar. The ending was beautiful.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Good writing, especially for a debut novel but this book just wasn't for me. Focused too much on Taiye's sexcapades, not on the 3women.
    • 5/5
      Magical and engaging. A journey of the senses and uncovering of the deeper story within.
    • 5/5
      Beautiful, rich, and so deliciously narrated. I will be reading this one again and again.
    • 4/5
      This is a great book jumping between three characters, twin sisters and their mother. One of the twins is a lesbian which is why I read this book, but it’s so much more than just lgbt representation.