They survived a brutal childhood and emerged as adults depicted as apparent opposites. Clocking in at a slim 240 pages I flew through this book – could not put it down or stop thinking about it.īraithwaite’s story focuses on Ayoola and Korede, sisters who live in Lagos, Nigeria. The New York Times called it ‘pulpy, peppery and sinister… a scorpion tailed little thriller.’ Publisher’s Weekly called it a ‘blazing debut as sharp as a knife,’ and once I started reading I understood all that praise. Oyinkan Braithwaite’s breathtaking novel, My Sister, the Serial Killer was published last November (Doubleday, 2018) and while the title caught my attention I picked it up because again and again I heard someone call it their favorite book of the year.
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