Here at Salon we’re *so* excited about the debut novel from Okechukwu Nzelu and we’re thrilled to feature him as a Salon Exclusive! Here he reads to us from ‘The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney’ – a very funny and bighearted story. In it we see Nnenna approaching womanhood, full of questions about how to ‘be’ when there’s so much she doesn’t know of her cultural and familial history, and we meet her mother Joanie, wondering how to love when she has never truly been loved. Their story is definitely one you’ll want to hear.

‘The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney’ is published by the pioneering and brilliant Dialogue Books and is available now.

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