Cursed Daughters: A Read with Jenna Pick

“Funny and fierce, this is a fast read that you won’t forget quickly.”
—The Boston Globe

“A sweeping and sobering take on romantic fatalism . . . Braithwaite’s prose is lush and spooky. . . . Our three female protagonists are rich, full characters. We go deep into their worlds as they struggle to reconcile their love for their family and culture with their desire to be free of the curse. It’s fascinating to watch them bob and weave.”
—The New York Times

“Infused with Nigerian culture and magical realism, the novel showcases Braithwaite’s rich characterizations, atmospheric settings and a daring premise. It also offers a multilayered story that makes Cursed Daughters a captivating, immersive read.”
—NPR

“Charming and wonderfully unpredictable . . . A portrait of human flailing for closure, for the answers to all of our mysteries . . . [Braithwaite is] a rising literary star.”
—Matthew Jackson, BookPage

“A delicious page-turner with characters who burst off the page . . . A lesson in fighting for the life you want.”
—Kristyn Kusek Lewis, Real Simple

“Braithwaite both confirms her gift for depicting complicated familial bonds among women and proves that her talents are not confined to any one style.”
—Judy Berman, TIME

“A virtuosic tour de force . . . Enchanting, sparkling with wit and tactfully straddling reality and the supernatural . . . A haunting meditation on moral ambiguity, the bonds of cousinhood, and the constraints of gender . . . Once I became immersed in ‘Cursed Daughters,’ I hardly wanted to leave Lagos.”
—Hudson Warm, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Cursed Daughters is both haunting and funny—a tale of superstition, faith, generational trauma, societal expectations, and the necessity of breaking painful patterns.”
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE

“Braithwaite delivers both a compulsively readable and deep story about love, grief, and the impossibilities of fate.”
—Chicago Review of Books

“Braithwaite blends satire and high drama to deliver a spectacular saga glowing with romance and otherworldly intrigue. . . . Stellar storytelling is boosted by [Braithwaite’s] skillfully crafted characters.”
—Shelf Awareness

“Equal parts bitingly funny, searingly perceptive and unabashedly magical, Cursed Daughters is a riveting, epic-in-scope novel from an ambitious but assured writer who can more than hold her own. . . . Surprisingly bighearted and tender, Cursed Daughters solidifies Braithwaite’s place in the literary scene.”
—Bookreporter

“Braithwaite’s newest has all the sharpness of her debut . . . alongside the complexity and character development a longer book permits, and my goodness was I desperate to talk about this story and its characters with someone after I put it down.”
—S. Zainab Williams, Book Riot

“I devoured Cursed Daughters and immediately wanted to start all over again. It’s a triumph: bold, searing, and utterly original. From the first page, it grips with an electric pulse. Funny and fearless, soaked in secrets, spirit, heartbreak, and love, it’s told in a voice as scalding as it is tender. I won’t soon forget Eniiyi, Grandma East, Grandma West, Ebun, and Monife—daring and luminous, as lost as she is unforgettable—the one who carved herself deepest into memory. This is a taut, feverish novel that burns itself into you. Impossible to put down.”
—Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of Girl with the Louding Voice