Yinka, where is your huzband?
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Yinka, where is your Huzband? is a novel by British-Nigerian writer Lizzie Damilola Blackburn ** [1] that introduces us to Yinka who commences "operation find a date for Rachel's wedding" when her cousin gets engaged.
Quotes
[edit]- Reassurance that I'm not alone. That despite all the bullshit life can throw sometimes, I have someone looking out for me, fighting in my corner, and giving me everything that I need to get through.
- You need to define who you are. Otherwise, people will happily do it for you.
- I realize how freeing it is to say what I think. To stand up for myself. I realize how much less of an effort it is to be my authentic self, as opposed to trying to be someone else. I love this feeling.
- I can’t believe she’s laughing at me. At my heartbreak. At my pain. Just because Alex and I were never together, doesn’t mean my feelings don’t count. I thought that of all people, Ola would understand. I thought she would understand because she had been cut in the same way.