{"product_id":"the-tiny-things-are-heavier","title":"THE TINY THINGS ARE HEAVIER","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e276pp., paperback, \u003c\/em\u003eManilla Press, London, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781786586919\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA coming-of-age novel that explores the hardships of migration, the subtleties of Nigeria's class system, and notions of self-love and familial love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSommy, a young Nigerian woman, travels to Iowa, USA, to attend graduate school and struggles to fit into her new life as a student and an immigrant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A gracefully told and sharply observed debut. Okonkwo has produced a beautiful study and story of what we owe to our families, friends, lovers, and ourselves. Complex characters, wild intimacy . . . this one doesn't shy away from the truth of devastation.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKiley Reid, author of \u003cem\u003eSuch a Fun Age \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eCome and Get It\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“An expansive first novel about a woman searching for home, love, and belonging ... Okonkwo asks her readers to reflect upon class, privilege, race, gender, and their interlocking power structures, as well as the importance of place to one's sense of self.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEsther Ifesinachi Okonkwo \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. She received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a PhD from Florida State University. Her fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eIsele Magazine, Guernica \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eCatapult\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She's a recipient of a 2021 Elizabeth George Foundation Grant. Home for her is Lagos, Nigeria. She lives in Detroit, Michigan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Okonkwo (E.I.)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42282897408046,"sku":null,"price":395.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/3182\/3662\/files\/TheTinyThingsAreHeavier.jpg?v=1776695260","url":"https:\/\/clarkesbooks.co.za\/products\/the-tiny-things-are-heavier","provider":"Clarke's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}