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Butter Honey Pig Bread

Francesca Ekwuyasi

  • 343 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 2020
  • 2 editions
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1 About this book

Butter Honey Pig Bread is Francesca Ekwuyasi's debut novel, published on September 3, 2020 by Arsenal Pulp Press.

The book tells the story of three women, Kambirinachi and her twin daughters, Kehinde and Taiye, and takes place over three continents. Its main themes include food, family, and forgiveness.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Nigeria
  • Friendship
  • Family relationships
  • Women
  • Family life
  • Conflict of generations
  • Homecoming
  • Forgiveness

2 About Francesca Ekwuyasi

Born 1990

Francesca Ekwuyasi is a Nigerian Canadian writer and director. She is most noted for her debut novel Butter Honey Pig Bread, which was published in 2020. Ekwuyasi is also a mentor in the Master of Fine Arts in Fiction program at the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her works explores themes of faith, family, queerness, consumption, loneliness, and belonging.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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