CURSED DAUGHTERS

341pp., paperback, Atlantic Books, London, 2025

ISBN: 9781805463368

A novel about a young woman desperate to escape the secrets and unspoken traumas that have haunted her family for as long as she can remember.

Born on the day her cousin Monife died, Eniiyi has to free herself of the belief that she is the reincarnation of her cousin. And when she falls in love she is forced to confront the curse that has bound three generations of women: “No man will call your house his home. And if they try, they will not have peace...

“Cursed Daughters is both haunting and funny - a tale of superstition, faith, generational trauma, societal expectations, and the necessity of breaking painful patterns.” Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE

“I devoured Cursed Daughters and immediately wanted to start all over again. It’s a triumph: bold, searing, and utterly original. From the first page, it grips with an electric pulse. Funny and fearless, soaked in secrets, spirit, heartbreak, and love, it’s told in a voice as scalding as it is tender. I won’t soon forget Eniiyi, Grandma East, Grandma West, Ebun, and Monife - daring and luminous, as lost as she is unforgettable - the one who carved herself deepest into memory. This is a taut, feverish novel that burns itself into you. Impossible to put down.” Abi Daré, author of Girl with the Louding Voice

Oyinkan Braithwaite is the author of My Sister, the Serial Killer. She was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and grew up there and in the UK. She currently lives in London.