An ordinary wonder /
Papillon, Buki,
An ordinary wonder / Buki Papillon. - First cloth edition. - 313 pages ; 24 cm
"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. 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"--Provided by publisher.
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Intersex people--Fiction.
Gender-nonconforming people--Fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Nigeria--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.
Bildungsromans.
Social problem fiction.
An ordinary wonder / Buki Papillon. - First cloth edition. - 313 pages ; 24 cm
"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. 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"--Provided by publisher.
1643137816 9781643137810
Intersex people--Fiction.
Gender-nonconforming people--Fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Nigeria--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.
Bildungsromans.
Social problem fiction.