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Yinka, Where is Your Huzband?

‘A big hearted story about friendship, family and love’ Beth O’Leary
By Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
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Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn is a charming romantic tale that follows the protagonist, Yinka, a thirty-something British Nigerian woman, as she juggles familial expectations and personal aspirations. Set in London, the story captures Yinka's comedic and heartfelt journey to find love while dealing with societal pressures to marry. With the support of her lively family and friends, Yinka embarks on both a quest for romance and self-discovery.
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This delightful romance may appeal to you if you enjoy stories about love, cultural expectations, and personal growth. Following a vibrant protagonist navigating societal pressures to find love while maintaining her own identity, this book offers humour, relatable struggles, and heartfelt moments within a vibrant British-Nigerian setting.

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Riotously funny and full of love, friendship and family, Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? is a story with a heroine we've all been waiting for.

Yinka wants to find love. Her mum wants to find it for her.

She also has too many aunties who frequently pray for her delivery from singledom, a preference for chicken and chips over traditional Nigerian food, and a bum she's sure is far too small as a result. Oh, and the fact that she's a thirty-one-year-old South-Londoner who doesn't believe in sex before marriage is a bit of an obstacle too...

When her cousin gets engaged, Yinka commences 'Operation Find A Date for Rachel's Wedding'. Armed with a totally flawless, incredibly specific plan, will Yinka find herself a huzband?

What if the thing she really needs to find is herself?

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Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn is praised for its warmth, humour, and relatability. It offers a delightful exploration of female friendships and extended family dynamics. The book's charm lies in its ability to make readers fall in love with Yinka through its witty and heartwarming storytelling.

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ISBN: 9780241991947

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 March 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 278g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Lizzie Damilola Blackburn is a British-Nigerian writer, born in Peckham, who wants to tell the stories that she and her friends have longed for but never seen - romcoms 'where Cinderella is Black and no-one bats an eyelid'. In 2019 she won the Literary Consultancy Pen Factor Writing Competition with the early draft of Yinka, Where is your Huzband?, which she had been writing alongside juggling her job at Carers UK. She has been at the receiving end of the question in the title of her novel many times, and now lives with her husband in Milton Keynes.

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