Happiness, Like Water

Winner of the O. Henry Award. "A haunting and startlingly original collection of short stories about the lives of Nigerians both at home and in America."—Julie Otsuka, national bestselling author

Here are Nigerian women at home and transplanted to the United States, building lives out of longing and hope, faith and doubt, the struggle to stay and the mandate to leave, the burden and strength of love. Here are characters faced with dangerous decisions, children slick with oil from the rive...