Join award-winning author Chika Unigwe to celebrate the publication of her new modern feminist reimagining of the myth of Hades and Persephone, The Middle Daughter.

Udodi’s death was the beginning of the raging storm but at that moment, we thought that the worst had already happened, and that life would treat us with more kindness.

When Nani is only seventeen, she loses her beloved sister and father. Misunderstood by the rest of her family, she is beguiled by an itinerant preacher, a handsome self-proclaimed ‘man of God’ who seems to offer all the answers. But instead of building a better future with him, Nani is forced too soon into a challenging womanhood with an oppressive husband.

Will she find the courage to take charge of her own life and seek true happiness, and at what cost?

Chika has won and been nominated for numerous awards and fellowships including the Nigerian Prize for Literature, BBC Short Story Competition and the AKO Caine Prize for African writing. Her newest book challenges the usual balance of power between victims and their abusers. In The Middle Daughter a victim is empowered to break their silence and find their freedom. This special virtual event and Chika’s book are perfect for fans of Ayobami Adebayo, Meg mason, Yaa Gyasi and Maggie O’Farrell.

Absorbing and tender, The Middle Daughter is a finely-drawn portrait of a young woman's resilience in the face of violence and grief. Paula Hawkins

An unflinching portrait of a family's grief and one daughter's climb out of despair. An absorbing, memorable read. Ayobami Adebayo