Cursed Daughters

CURSES ARE LIKE HEARTS. SOME ARE MORE EASILY BROKEN THAN OTHERS...



'A worthy successor to My Sister, the Serial Killer... Pacey storytelling, nuanced characterisation and sharp dialogue... An immersive page-turner' Sunday Times



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'A haunting, twisty tale of curses and romance' Ayòbámi Adébáyò

'A sweeping love story... I lost myself within its gorgeous pages' Jennie Godfrey

'Funny and fearless, soaked in secrets, spirit, heartbreak, and love... Impossible to put down' Abi Daré





No man will call your house his home. And if they try, they will not have peace... So goes the family curse, handed down from generation to generation, ruining families and breaking hearts as it goes. And now it's calm, rational Eniiyi's turn - who, due to her uncanny resemblance to her dead aunt, Monife, and her family's insistence that she must be a reincarnation, has long been used to some strange familial beliefs.





Still, when she falls in love with the handsome boy she saves from drowning, she can no longer run from her family's history. Is she destined to live out the habitual story of love and heartbreak, or can she escape the family curse and the mysterious fate that befell her aunt?





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Readers are falling hard for Cursed Daughters...



'Everyone's going to fall in love with this book'

'A stunning read. Possibly my book of the year so far'

'One of the best endings of a book I've read in a long time. So satisfying'

'Sharp, brilliantly written...and broke my heart on more than one occasion'

'I cannot express how much I adored this book - like truly, madly, deeply adored it'



Oyinkan Braithwaite is a Nigerian-British novelist and writer. Her first novel, My Sister, The Serial Killer, was published in 2018 to wide acclaim. It was a Sunday Times bestseller, longlisted for The Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, and won the Crime and Thriller Book of the Year in the British Book Awards 2020.



A bold and mysterious novel about family curses and women threaded together through time and folklore



Ingenious... Multi-layered and emotionally resonant... Confident and compelling



A bold and emotional story of loss, love and destiny



Gritty, other-worldly and lively with twists



Powerful... Still has its teeth in me



Dark and captivating



A taut, twisted tale of Gothic suspense and acid-drop humour



A brilliantly crafted, devastating read



Cursed Daughters is an engrossing read, a haunting, twisty tale of curses, romance, and tangled family ties. Rich in atmosphere and driven by Braithwaite's sharp prose, it delivers startling turns and high emotional stakes



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.'



Cursed Daughters is a rich and absorbing tale of destiny versus self-determinism, underpinned by a sweeping love story. I lost myself within its gorgeous pages