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Twice as Perfect

By: Louisa Onomé
Narrated by: Yinka Ladeinde
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A Young Adult novel by Louisa Onomé, Twice As Perfect follows a Nigerian Canadian girl dealing with an estranged older brother, helping her cousin plan a big Nigerian wedding, and pressure from her parents about her future.

She thinks the only things worth doing are those that will lead to success.

For 17-year-old Adanna Nkwachi, life is all about duty: to school and the debate team, to her Nigerian parents, and even to her cousin Genny as Adanna helps prepare Genny’s wedding to Afrobeats superstar Skeleboy. Because ever since her older brother, Sam, had a fight with their parents a few years ago and disappeared, somebody had to fill the void he left behind. Adanna may never understand what caused Sam to leave home, but the one thing she knows is that it’s on her to make sure her parents’ sacrifices aren’t in vain.

One day, chance brings the siblings together again and they start working to repair their bond. Although she fears how their parents will react if they find out, Adanna’s determined to get answers about the night Sam left—Sam, who was supposed to be an engineer but is now, what, a poet? The more she learns about Sam’s poetry, the more Adanna begins to wonder if maybe her own happiness is just as important as doing what’s expected of her. Amid parental pressure, anxiety over the debate competition, a complicated love life, and the Nigerian wedding-to-end-all-weddings, can Adanna learn, just this once, to put herself first?

A Macmillan Audio production from Feiwel & Friends.

©2022 Louisa Onome (P)2022 Macmillan Audio
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I enjoyed this book thoroughly

I enjoyed the details in regards to wedding attire, language, accents and the typical family dynamics. The narrator was PHENOMENAL. She carried the stories so well with different tones for each character-I almost felt like I was right there in the story. I could listen to her all day! Author did a wonderful job!

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The mispronunciations are irksome

The majority of the people in the story are igbo but the pronunciations are said with yoruba intonation, it would have been better to use a narrator who’s Igbo

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