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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Papillon, Buki.     Subjects     Intersex people -- Fiction.     Gender identity -- Fiction.     Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.     Yoruba (African people) -- Nigeria -- Fiction.     Yoruba (African people) -- United States -- Fiction.     Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction.     Mythology, African -- Fiction.     Nigeria -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Papillon, Buki.       by title:      An ordinary wonder :...       by call number:      FICTION PAP     Search the Web     Papillon, Buki.     Intersex people -- Fiction.     Gender identity -- Fiction.     Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.     Yoruba (African people) -- Nigeria -- Fiction.     Yoruba (African people) -- United States -- Fiction.     Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction.     Mythology, African -- Fiction.     Nigeria -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.       MARC Display

An ordinary wonder : a novel / Buki Papillon. by Papillon, Buki. Pegasus Books, 2021. Call #: FICTION PAP Subjects Intersex people -- Fiction.   Gender identity -- Fiction.   Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.   Yoruba (African people) -- Nigeria -- Fiction.   Yoruba (African people) -- United States -- Fiction.   Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction.   Mythology, African -- Fiction.   Nigeria -- Social life and customs -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781643137810 (hc) Edition:  1st Pegasus Books cloth ed. Description:  313 p. ; 24 cm. Summary:  "An extraordinary literary debut about a Nigerian boy's secret intersex identity and his desire to live as a girl. My name is Otolorin. I've been called monster. Within dark valleys of flesh I defy the given -- a snake curled in upon itself, two-in-one, mythical and shunned. Yet, in that magic place between worlds, in the realm where the great mother gives milk to her offspring, I become like a goddess. Oto leaves for boarding school with one plan: excel and escape his cruel home. Falling in love with his roommate was certainly not on the agenda, but fear and shame force him to hide his love and true self. Back home, weighed down by the expectations of their wealthy and powerful family, the love of Oto's twin sister wavers and, as their world begins to crumble around them, Oto must make drastic choices that will alter the family's lives for ever. Richly imagined with art, proverbs and folk tales, this moving and modern novel follows Oto through life at home and at boarding school in Nigeria, through the heartbreak of living as a boy despite their profound belief they are a girl, and through a hunger for freedom that only a new life in the United States can offer. An Ordinary Wonder is a powerful coming-of-age story that explores complex desires as well as challenges of family, identity, gender, and culture, and what it means to feel whole."--Publisher. Genre:  Bildungsromans. Social commentary fiction. Black fiction. Literary fiction. First novel. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION PAP Adult books Checked out Jul 11, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Sheet Harbour Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION PAP Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList

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