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Onyi Nwabineli

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Onyi Nwabineli

Onyi Nwabineli is a Nigerian-British writer and headwrap aficionado. Born in Benin, Nigeria, she grew up in Glasgow, the Isle of Man and Newcastle, and now lives in London. Onyi is the co-founder of Surviving Out Loud, a fund that provides fiscal support for survivors of sexual assault, and the founder of Black Pens, a writing retreat for Black women. SOMEDAY, MAYBE is her debut novel.

Onyi Nwabineli

Books by Onyi Nwabineli

by Onyi Nwabineli - Fiction, Women's Fiction

Anuri Chinasa has had enough. She was the unwilling star of her stepmother’s social media empire before “momfluencers” were even a thing. Now, at 25, Anuri is desperate to put her way-too-public past behind her and start living on her own terms. But it’s not going so great. She can barely walk down the street without someone recognizing her, and the fraught relationship with her father has fallen apart. Then there’s her PhD application (still unfinished) and her drinking problem (still going strong). With Noelle, Anuri’s five-year-old half sister now being forced down the same path, Anuri discovers she has a new mission in life...To take back control of the family narrative.

by Onyi Nwabineli - Fiction, Women's Fiction

Here are three things you should know about my husband: 1) He was the great love of my life despite his penchant for going incommunicado, 2) He was, as far as I and everyone else could tell, perfectly happy. Which is significant because… 3) On New Year’s Eve, he killed himself. And here is one thing you should know about me: I found him. Bonus fact: No. I am not okay. SOMEDAY, MAYBE is a debut novel about a young woman’s emotional journey through unimaginable loss, pulled along by her tight-knit Nigerian family, a posse of friends, and the love and laughter she shared with her husband.