{"product_id":"it-comes-in-waves-1","title":"It Comes in Waves","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Rich, evocative and beautifully written: a meditation on faith, grief and belonging. A wonderful debut' \u003cb\u003eNussaibah Younis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eA breathtaking debut' \u003cb\u003eFoluso Agbaje\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A remarkable debut written with depth and clarity' \u003cb\u003eChibundu Onuzo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eHeartbreakingly      beautiful, witty, humane and transcendent - an unforgettable debut'\u003cb\u003e Lauren St John  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eSuffused with love and sadness, ambitious in scope, It Comes in Waves is a delicate, moving novel' \u003cb\u003eLorna Elcock\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eIt Comes In Waves\u003c\/i\u003e will leave you gasping for air, in the best ways' \u003cb\u003eMaame Blue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eA story that will stay with you' \u003cb\u003eOnyi Nwabineli\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrief, that ungovernable pet – it comes and goes as it pleases, never straying far.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeath sneaks up on Onome Odafe. She has little experience of what it means to lose someone she truly loves. So when her sister calls to tell her that their father didn’t survive a stroke, she isn’t sure how to act, what grieving is meant to look or feel like. She passes the days until she returns to Nigeria for the funeral in a haze of performance and distraction, holding together what little of herself is left.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReunited with her siblings and mother in Nigeria, Onome is thrown into the depths of various funeral events, uncomfortable customs, meddling religious figures and both unfamiliar and familiar faces. One of which, is Aunty Eguono, her father’s sister. A woman who has never shied away from making a scene, and whose careless words one afternoon upend the only image of her father Onome has ever known. As she struggles to accept the reality of her father’s death, she finds herself on a path of discovery leading towards an unsettling truth: a man can be more than one thing, and the man in question may be her father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn unforgettable debut, IT COMES IN WAVES is both an honest exploration of grief and a captivating story of the lives we lead and leave behind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56466789630296,"sku":"9781529954159","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781529954159_abb44d7e-240a-4e2e-acc1-8f34eae5746e.jpg?v=1779272164","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/it-comes-in-waves-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}