Butter Honey Pig Bread
Written by Francesca Ekwuyasi
Narrated by Amaka Umeh
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
2021 CANADA READS FINALIST
Longlisted for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize
An intergenerational saga about three Nigerian women: a novel about food, family, and forgiveness.
Butter Honey Pig Bread is a story of choices and their consequences, of motherhood, of the malleable line between the spirit and the mind, of finding new homes and mending old ones, of voracious appetites, of queer love, of friendship, faith, and above all, family.
Francesca Ekwuyasi’s debut novel tells the interwoven stories of twin sisters, Kehinde and Taiye, and their mother, Kambirinachi. Kambirinachi feels she was born an Ogbanje, a spirit that plagues families with misfortune by dying in childhood to cause its mother misery. She believes that she has made the unnatural choice of staying alive to love her human family and now lives in fear of the consequences of that decision.
Some of Kambirinachi’s worst fears come true when her daughter, Kehinde, experiences a devasting childhood trauma that causes the family to fracture in seemingly irreversible ways. As soon as she’s of age, Kehinde moves away and cuts contact with her twin sister and mother. Alone in Montreal, she struggles to find ways to heal while building a life of her own. Meanwhile, Taiye, plagued by guilt for what happened to her sister, flees to London and attempts to numb the loss of the relationship with her twin through reckless hedonism.
Now, after more than a decade of living apart, Taiye and Kehinde have returned home to Lagos to visit their mother. It is here that the three women must face each other and address the wounds of the past if they are to reconcile and move forward.
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Reviews for Butter Honey Pig Bread
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Interesting read. Hard to follow at times but could be bc it was audible
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book was so tender and juicy. The characters were textured and narrator spoke life to the words (esp beneficial to me as I speak no Yoruba)!
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5this is a beautifully written book and i found myself becoming totally obsessed. however, i think this book is would’ve been easier to follow if i had actually read it instead of listened to it. the frequent character pov switches confused me and caused me to rewind more often than normal. the length of the chapters would’ve also been more manageable if i read the physical book. it was hard to find stopping places since there weren’t shorter chapters to use as a natural stopping point.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Incredible
I wouldn't change anything about this about this novel. This is definitely one of my best books of 2021. I'm in love1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beautiful writing, beautiful story. I love love it. Stunning, this one!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5EXCELLENT BOOK!!!! PERFECT FROM BEGINNING TO END. the author was in their mf bag. very realistic family trauma with spiritual elements to it. chefs kiss.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love this story. I love the family. The writer invites you into three women's lives like they don't need privacy. It feels so real, like while I'm sitting on my back porch reading they're really living.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved it!!!! I was hooked on the exquisite storytelling.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I enjoyed experiencing these women's lives and stories, and being a spectator to their loves, hurts and healing. Gorgeous. Heartwrenching. Utterly visceral.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wow! This was such a treat. A book that hones in on painful traumas that threaten to break the bonds created by blood. It is all about the in-between - when the rift created by silence and aloneness becomes bigger and swallows everyone whole.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A beautiful debut that will take you through all the emotions.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great writing & story telling! The complexity of the relationships and the depth of each of their wounds was felt familiar. The ending was beautiful.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Good writing, especially for a debut novel but this book just wasn't for me. Focused too much on Taiye's sexcapades, not on the 3women.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Magical and engaging. A journey of the senses and uncovering of the deeper story within.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beautiful, rich, and so deliciously narrated. I will be reading this one again and again.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a great book jumping between three characters, twin sisters and their mother. One of the twins is a lesbian which is why I read this book, but it’s so much more than just lgbt representation.