When a woman travels to Nigeria to attend the funeral of the father she never knew, she meets her extravagant family for the first time, a new and inspiring love interest, and discovers parts of herself she didn\'t know were missing, from Jane Igharo , the acclaimed author of Ties That Tether .
When she isn\'t writing, she\'s watching Homecoming for the hundredth time and trying to match Beyoncé\'s vocals to no avail..
She has a journalism degree from the University of Toronto and works as a communications specialist in Ontario, Canada.
About author(s): Jane Abieyuwa Igharo , author of Ties That Tether , was born in Nigeria and immigrated to Canada at the age of twelve.
The days leading up to the funeral are chaotic, but Hannah is soon shaped by secrets that unfold, a culture she never thought she would understand or appreciate, and a man who steals her heart and helps her to see herself in a new light.
In Banana Island, one of Nigeria\'s most affluent areas, Hannah meets the Jolades, her late father\'s prestigious family--some who accept her and some who think she doesn\'t belong.
Searching for answers, Hannah boards a plane to Lagos, Nigeria.
Though she wants to hate the man who abandoned her, she\'s curious about who he was and where he was from.
When her father dies, she\'s invited to Nigeria for the funeral.
Because of this, Hannah has always felt uncertain about part of her identity.
Hannah Bailey has never known her father, the Nigerian entrepreneur who had a brief relationship with her white mother.
When a woman travels to Nigeria to attend the funeral of the father she never knew, she meets her extravagant family for the first time, a new and inspiring love interest, and discovers parts of herself she didn\'t know were missing, from Jane Igharo , the acclaimed author of Ties That Tether