Better Never Than Late

By Chika Unigwe

Book Overview

Religious fervour culminates in an exorcism for one unfortunate maid. A harrowing encounter on a train haunts Anuli. A mother abandons her child in search of personal freedom. A wife joins her husband, only to be met with news that threatens their relationship. This richly imagined collage of interconnected stories follows Prosperous and Agu, and the motley community of Nigerian expats who gather at their apartment each week. Their reality is one of dashed hopes, twisted love and the pain of homesickness, even as they fight to make their way in this new world. Better Never Than Late is a layered and affecting portrayal of the everyday absurdities and adversities of migrant life.

• Format: MP3 CD
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1664761322
• ISBN13: 9781664761322
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Beautiful storytelling; captivating read

This is one of those books you offhandedly pick up and immediately get sucked into. I think I fully dissociated and just razed through this before returning to reality and realizing that I am not, in fact, an immigrant family in Belgium learning to define home and belonging in different ways. Unigwe's writing style is universally enjoyable yet confrontational in a way that challenges readers to grow alongside the recurring characters of this collection of stories. I recommend this to anyone who has ever struggled to fit in, to find themselves among others, or to define themselves in relation to others.