The Sweetest Remedy

When a woman travels to Nigeria to attend the funeral of the father she never knew,she meets an over-the-top familya new love interestand discovers parts of herself she didn’t know were missing in this engrossing novel from Jane Igharothe acclaimed author of Ties That Tether. Hannah Bailey has never had a relationship with her fatherthe Nigerian businessman who had a fling with her white motherso she’s always felt clueless about part of her identity. When her father diesshe’s invited to Nigeria for the funeral. Though she wants to hate the man who abandoned herdeep down she can’t help feeling curious about where he was from and what he was like. Searching for answersHannah boards a plane to LagosNigeria. In Banana Islandone of Nigeria’s most affluent areasHannah meets the Joladesher late father’s prestigious and famed family–some who accept her and some who think she doesn’t belong. But in the chaotic days leading up to the funeralHannah is shaped by a family she never thought she would havea culture she never thought she would understand or appreciateand a love interest who makes her see herself in a new light.