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A Young Adult novel by Louisa Onom Twice As Perfect follows a Nigerian Canadian girl dealing with an estranged older brother helping her cousin plan a big Nigerian wedding and pressure from her parents about her future
She thinks the only things worth doing are those that will lead to success
For seventeenyearold Adanna Nkwachi life is all about duty to school and the debate team to her Nigerian parents and even to her cousin Genny as Adanna helps prepare Gennys wedding to Afrobeats superstar Skeleboy Because ever since her older brother Sam had a fight with their parents a few years ago and disappeared somebody had to fill the void he left behind Adanna may never understand what caused Sam to leave home but the one thing she knows is that its on her to make sure her parents sacrifices arent in vain
One day chance brings the siblings together again and they start working to repair their bond Although she fears how their parents will react if they find out Adannas determined to get answers about the night Sam leftSam who was supposed to be an engineer but is now what a poet The more she learns about Sams poetry the more Adanna begins to wonder if maybe her own happiness is just as important as doing whats expected of her Amid parental pressure anxiety over the debate competition a complicated love life and the Nigerian weddingtoendallweddings can Adanna learn just this once to put herself first
A Macmillan Audio production from Feiwel amp Friends
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