We Were Girls Once av Aiwanose Odafen

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<B><I>‘We were three: complete, as we were meant to be…’</I></B><BR/> <BR/> Ego, Zina and Eriife were always destined to be best friends, ever since their grandmothers sat next to each other on a dusty bus to Lagos in the late 1940s, forging a bond that would last generations. But over half a century later, Nigeria is a new and modern country. As the three young women navigate the incessant strikes and political turmoil that surrounds them, their connection is shattered by a terrible assault. In the aftermath, nothing will remain the same as life takes them down separate paths.<BR/><BR/> For<B> Ego</B>, now a high-powered London lawyer, success can’t mask her loneliness and feelings of being an outsider. Desperate to feel connected to Nigeria, she escapes into a secret life online. <B>Zina</B>’s ambition is to be anyone but herself; acting proves the ultimate catharsis, but it comes at the cost of her family. And <B>Eriife</B> surprises everyone