Author | Onyi Nwabineli |
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Country | Nigeria |
Language | English |
Genre | fiction |
Publisher | Magpie Books |
Publication date | November 1, 2022 |
ISBN | 978-0-86154-351-9 |
Someday, Maybe is a 2022 novel by British Nigerian writer Onyi Nwabineli. It was published on 1 November 2022 in the United Kingdom by Magpie Books, an imprint of Oneworld publications, and by Graydon House in the United States. [1] [2] It follows follows Eve Ezenwa-Morrow, a Nigerian woman in an interracial marriage trying to cope with grief, depression and suicide after her husband's death. [3] [4]
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