Freshwater Binding:Paperback her college sweetheart and wife

her college sweetheart and wife of six years

And keeping all of it a secret from her mom

Funny and touching

giving us one of the finest short-story collections" (Kiese Laymon

and her grandmother

Freshwater Binding:Paperback her college sweetheart and wifeA National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree Finalist for the PEN Hemingway Award for a Debut Novel Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize A New York Times Notable Book One of the most highly praised novels of the year, the debut from an astonishing young writer, Freshwater tells the story of Ada, an unusual child who is a source of deep concern to her southern Nigerian family. Young Ada is troubled, prone to violent fits. Born with