[Lexoni] [Llibres electronics] Black Sunday
By Tola Rotimi Abraham
Following the fate of one family over the course of two decades in
Nigeria, this debut novel tells the story of each sibling?s search for
agency, love, and meaning in a society rife with hypocrisy but also endless
life?I like the idea of a god who knows what it?s like to be a twin. To have
no memory of ever being alone.?Twin sisters Bibike and Ariyike are
enjoying a relatively comfortable life in Lagos in 1996. Then their mother
loses her job due to political strife, and the family, facing poverty,
becomes drawn into the New Church, an institution led by a charismatic
pastor who is not shy about worshipping earthly wealth. Soon Bibike and
Ariyike?s father wagers the family home on a ?sure bet? that evaporates
like smoke. As their parents? marriage collapses in the aftermath of this
gamble, the twin sisters and their two younger siblings, Andrew and Peter,
are thrust into the reluctant care of their traditional Yoruba
grandmother. Inseparable while they had their parents to care for
