NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 BY MARIE CLAIRE, PARADE, ESSENCE, MS. MAGAZINE, POPSUGAR, BUSTLE, BOOKRIOT, DEBUTIFUL AND MORE! 20 Feel good, funny, and clever, it17 got smash-hit written all over it!21 11 Josie Silver, New York Times bestselling author of One Day in December 20 Yinka is a lovable and relatable disaster12 which is to say, she isn17 t actually a disaster at all...I adore her.21 12 Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of People We Meet on Vacation Meet Yinka: a thirty-something, Oxford-educated, British Nigerian woman with a well-paid job, good friends, and a mother whose constant refrain is 20 Yinka, where is your huzband?21 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Yinka17 Nigerian aunties frequently pray for her delivery from singledom, her work friends think she17 too traditional (she17 saving herself for marriage!), her girlfriends think she needs to get over her ex already, and the men in her life30 well, that17 a whole other story.nbsp But Yinka herself has always believed that true love will find her when the time is right. nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp till, when her cousin gets engaged, Yinka commences Operation Find-A-Date for Rachel's Wedding. Aided by a spreadsheet and her best friend, Yinka is determined to succeed.nbsp Will Yinka find herself a huzband? And what if the thing she really needs to find is herself? nbsp nbsp nbsp Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? is a f Yinka’s Nigerian aunties frequently pray for her delivery from singledom, her work friends think she’s too traditional (she’s saving herself for marriage!), her girlfriends think she needs to get over her ex already, and the men in her life…well, that’s a whole other story. But Yinka herself has always believed that true love will find her when the time is right. When her cousin gets engaged, Yinka makes a plan to find a find a date for the wedding, sometimes going to great lengths along the way. While she attempts to date, Yinka must also deal with unexpected work news and tension that’s building in her circle of friends.

LDB: The book community is so supportive. They just love Yinka. I have direct messages saying “Thank you so much for writing this book, “I feel seen,” “I’m in Yinka’s shoes,” “Thanks so much for sharing her journey. Now I feel like my relationship status doesn’t define me.” Seeing how some readers have loved it because of the story, and how other readers can relate to it on a personal connection to it as well. I feel really blessed and honored. Literally every day I wake up and thank God this book actually helps people and influences the culture as well. TS: How do you feel like books and the book community has on changing the world? Yinka, Where is your Huzband? is such a delightful read! Set in South London, Yinka is a woman in her 30s who is still unmarried. Her British-Nigerian family is constantly asking about the whereabouts of her huzband, even going to such lengths as to praying publicly for her to find one. Yinka, annoyed by the pressure, sets a goal of trying to find a date for her cousin’s wedding in the summer. We follow Yinka as she navigates the 30+ dating scene, struggling between making compromises of who she thinks she’s supposed to be and staying true to herself. A non-existent man in a non-existent marriage whose whereabouts is often questioned, usually by Nigerian mums and aunties to single British Nigerian women e.g. So, Yinka. Tell me. Where is your huzband? Ah, ah. You’re thirty-one now! Modern and fresh...I adore Yinka" Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of People We Meet on VacationSoon things get worse when another cousin announces her engagement and Yinka is made redundant (let go) at her bank job. If she thought her mum and Aunties were laser focused before, now they are hyper determined and trying to set up Yinka with any man they know. Trying to keep from being questioned and lectured by her mum as well as dealing with other family and a Ghanian roommate, all with opinions about her life, Yinka might have made a few omissions and white lies. But she’s got a plan to find a date before the cousin’s wedding in six months. That is if her life doesn’t fall apart before then. I’ll give this to the book, the content definitely supports the title. Yes, the author thrashes your head into the theme of dating angst repeatedly in every chapter like an abusive relationship. And look, I was single for a long time in my adulthood, and I did not harp on my singleness as much as Yinka does even at my most neurotic. Just when my feet were beginning to touch the ground again, a mere few days later, I found myself in a similar scenario. Only this time, it was an editor from the US who wanted to pre-empt. And not just any editor, but thee Pam Dorman of Pamela Dorman Books. When I looked up her list— Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, Bridget Jones’s Diary, by Helen Fielding—my eyes nearly popped out from my head. Soon after I had a US deal.

wonderful stars for Yinka, Nana, Donovan, and this whole cast of characters! (Thank you Doubleday Canada for a gifted copy in exchange for an honest review).Meet Yinka. And Yinka's mum. And Yinka's aunties. Who are all asking . . . YINKA, WHERE IS YOUR HUZBAND? The novel charts Yinka’s urgent search for a plus-one when her cousin Rachel announces she is getting married. The summer wedding date gives Yinka around six months to find herself a boyfriend. An academic overachiever who works for an investment bank in the City, she draws up a meticulous and very specific plan (complete with key performance indicators to monitor progress) and launches into “Operation Wedding Date”. But things do not go smoothly. Firstly she gets made redundant, then she runs into her handsome ex who—wouldn’t you know it—has just got engaged to someone else. Although she does meet someone at church who looks quite promising… Sam-Duru, Prisca (January 31, 2022). "Nigeria: Books That'll Make a Good Read in 2022". Vanguard . Retrieved February 7, 2022– via AllAfrica. I look at those still seated: a red-haired woman and another with an eyebrow piercing who must be Kemi’s workmates, and four of my aunties. Like me, my aunties are struggling to finish their plates of jollof rice. It’s far too mild for our palates. I know everyone can’t take spice, but whoever made this didn’t represent us, Nigerians. Succumbing to defeat, I abandon the plate under my chair. When I look up, I spot Mum waddling through the throng of dancers, her wide hips swaying. When she gets to the front, she jabs her fingers against Kemi’s phone, before giving up and swivelling around. Mum still owns a Nokia 3410 so operating an iPhone is beyond her capacity.

Yinka's Nigerian aunties frequently pray for her delivery from singledom, her work friends think she's too traditional (she's saving herself for marriage), her girlfriends think she needs to get over her ex already, and the men in her life.... well, that's a whole story. But Yinka herself has always believed that true love will find her when the time is right.A provocative debut novel about a marriage in crisis that asks the question: Can you ever be rooted in a home that's on the brink of collapse? Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? is a fresh, uplifting story of an unconventional heroine who bravely asks the questions we all have about love.Wry, moving, irresistible, this is a love story that makes you smile but also makes you think–and explores what it means to find your way between two cultures, both of which are yours. That could only explain why in 2019, I entered The Literary Consultancy’s Pen Factor competition. Run annually at their Writer’s Day event, five shortlisted writers are given the opportunity to pitch their novel to a panel of agents. And yet, I was very hesitant about applying.

A warm, witty and joyful novel bursting with charm and unforgettable characters, Yinka is a story about friendship, family, romance, and the most important quest of all--loving and accepting yourself’ Lauren Ho And so I did. Over the next few years, I invested in myself. I attended countless writing workshops (shout out to Spread The Word), did a few online creative writing courses (some free, some not), upped my reading game (thank God for audiobooks!) and I also entered a few writing competitions. Organically, Yinka’s story evolved. She was no longer this one-dimensional character who lived in my head. Suddenly, she had a prayer-warrior-of-a-mum, eccentric aunties and a diverse circle of friends. I knew what she wore—long cardigans. I knew her insecurities—her flat bum (hence the long cardigans). And I knew that like many others who long to find love and settle down, she doubted whether this would ever happen to her.

I don’t have an MA in creative writing,” I whined to God after I read the bios of previous winners. “I don’t stand a chance.” Feel good, funny, and clever, it’s got smash-hit written all over it!”–Josie Silver, New York Times bestselling author of One Day in December What a darling book! Yinka, Where is your huzband? drew me in right away with the banter between Yinka and her overbearing family. It is at times bitingly funny and relatable, I giggled out loud so many times my partner asked me to finish the book upstairs (!). Yinka’s internal struggles to meet the standards and expectations placed on her by everyone else are familiar…. A gorgeous, easy read, but with real depth to its punchy chapters. This book is really just such an extraordinary debut from one of the UK’s sure-to-be rising talents in contemporary fiction. BRAVA!!!!”