Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow
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'Queen of the banging book title . . . I loved it' NIKKI MAY
'Sharply observational, funny and profound' BOLU BABALOLA
From the bestselling author of Nearly All the Men in Lagos are Mad comes a powerful polyphonic novel about family secrets, judgemental aunties and Brazilian butt lifts.
Freshly out of university, 20-year-old Témì has a clear plan for her future: she is going to surgically enlarge her backside, move to Lagos and meet a man who will love her senseless. When she finally finds the courage to tell her family, at the funeral of her beloved father, her announcement causes uproar - because in Nigerian families, none of your business is private. Not even if it's about your bumbum. But as they try to cure Témì of what they consider to be insanity, the long-buried secrets that bind and separate them are spilled in the process. In the end, it seems like Témì might be the sanest one of them all . . .
Damilare Kuku uses her signature humour to reveal the ways a woman's physical appearance can dictate her life and shows just how sharp the double-edged sword of beauty can be.
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This is the second book I am reading from Author DAMI and I should say It wasn't what I expected at all.Despite the title and the lil' synopsis this book tackled a lot of "sensitive and difficult" issues. Love,betrayal,rape,bullying...etc. I was really really sympathetic towards Ladun and Temi.I think they both had a narrow view of the world growing up & that unfortunately came to back to bite them in the most unimaginable way.TEMI was dealing with alot of BULLYING because of her "slender" figure & unrealistic expectations whilst LADUN might have felt worthless knowing that she was a product of rape and that the father she came to love so much wasn't really her biological father.LADUN kept looking for people or places that can validate her self worth and make her feel that she belonged;sad to say that it didn't go well for her.What I absolutely loathed about these two sisters though was how they treated their parents...esp their mother.The disrespect from Temi and just childish like expectations wasn't sitting well with me and Ladun's unsympathetic nature for the most part of the book ugh..I absolutely hated that. But nevertheless,I loved how DAMI elaborated all the story to teach us only ONE BASIC LIFE PRINCIPAL THAT WE SHOULD ALL HAVE... •Life might be hard and everything might be falling apart around us...but one thing that should stay true is your authentic nature.Stay true,kind,and compassionate towards you.People are like seasons and sometimes they might love and accept us the way we are...but sometimes they might also be the ones to hurt us therefore you shouldn't twist and turn yourself to fit into someone's life.
Description
'Queen of the banging book title . . . I loved it' NIKKI MAY
'Sharply observational, funny and profound' BOLU BABALOLA
From the bestselling author of Nearly All the Men in Lagos are Mad comes a powerful polyphonic novel about family secrets, judgemental aunties and Brazilian butt lifts.
Freshly out of university, 20-year-old Témì has a clear plan for her future: she is going to surgically enlarge her backside, move to Lagos and meet a man who will love her senseless. When she finally finds the courage to tell her family, at the funeral of her beloved father, her announcement causes uproar - because in Nigerian families, none of your business is private. Not even if it's about your bumbum. But as they try to cure Témì of what they consider to be insanity, the long-buried secrets that bind and separate them are spilled in the process. In the end, it seems like Témì might be the sanest one of them all . . .
Damilare Kuku uses her signature humour to reveal the ways a woman's physical appearance can dictate her life and shows just how sharp the double-edged sword of beauty can be.
Book Information
Posts
This is the second book I am reading from Author DAMI and I should say It wasn't what I expected at all.Despite the title and the lil' synopsis this book tackled a lot of "sensitive and difficult" issues. Love,betrayal,rape,bullying...etc. I was really really sympathetic towards Ladun and Temi.I think they both had a narrow view of the world growing up & that unfortunately came to back to bite them in the most unimaginable way.TEMI was dealing with alot of BULLYING because of her "slender" figure & unrealistic expectations whilst LADUN might have felt worthless knowing that she was a product of rape and that the father she came to love so much wasn't really her biological father.LADUN kept looking for people or places that can validate her self worth and make her feel that she belonged;sad to say that it didn't go well for her.What I absolutely loathed about these two sisters though was how they treated their parents...esp their mother.The disrespect from Temi and just childish like expectations wasn't sitting well with me and Ladun's unsympathetic nature for the most part of the book ugh..I absolutely hated that. But nevertheless,I loved how DAMI elaborated all the story to teach us only ONE BASIC LIFE PRINCIPAL THAT WE SHOULD ALL HAVE... •Life might be hard and everything might be falling apart around us...but one thing that should stay true is your authentic nature.Stay true,kind,and compassionate towards you.People are like seasons and sometimes they might love and accept us the way we are...but sometimes they might also be the ones to hurt us therefore you shouldn't twist and turn yourself to fit into someone's life.