Utterly winning...brings to mind Sex and the City but feels more modern, more real.
A sharp, modern take on friendship, ambition, culture, and betrayal, Wahala (trouble) is an unforgettable novel from a brilliant new voice.. (She gets Simi an interview in Hong Kong! Goes jogging with Boo!) But the more Isobel intervenes, the more chaos she sows, and Ronke, Simi, and Boo\'s close friendship begins to crack.
When the high-flying, charismatic Isobel explodes into the group, it seems at first she\'s bringing out the best in each woman.
She\'s not.
Her husband thinks they\'re trying for a baby.
No one knows she\'s crippled by impostor syndrome and tempted to pack it all in each time her boss mentions her urban vibe.
Simi is the golden one with the perfect lifestyle.
But she\'s frustrated, unfulfilled, plagued by guilt, and desperate to remember who she used to be.
Boo has everything Ronke wants--a kind husband, gorgeous child.
Her friends think he\'s just another in a long line of dodgy Nigerian boyfriends.
She\'s dating Kayode and wants him to be the one (perfect, like her dead father). kids.
Ronke wants happily ever after and 2.2. -- Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters and The Lifeguards An incisive and exhilarating debut novel following three Anglo-Nigerian best friends and the lethally glamorous fourth woman who infiltrates their group--the most unforgettable girls since Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha.
I knew it was time to call my friends...time to get into some good Wahala of my own.
When I closed Nikki May\'s delicious, hilarious novel, I felt I was returning to joy.
Utterly winning...brings to mind Sex and the City but feels more modern, more real
