Contemporary female friendship goes glam in this lively debut novel with remarkable depth. --
Washington Post Great fun and extremely smart. -- npr.org NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022
BY Vogue * Marie Claire * Glamour * Essence * Oprah Daily * Entertainment Weekly * Bustle *
PopSugar * CrimeReads * and more! 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. Ronke wants
happily ever after and 2.2. kids. She's dating Kayode and wants him to be ?the one? (perfect
like her dead father). Her friends think he's just another in a long line of dodgy Nigerian
boyfriends. Boo has everything Ronke wants?a kind husband gorgeous child. But she's frustrated
unfulfilled plagued by guilt and desperate to remember who she used to be. Simi is the golden
one with the perfect lifestyle. No one knows she's crippled by impostor syndrome and tempted to
pack it all in each time her boss mentions her ?urban vibe.? Her husband thinks they're trying
for a baby. She's not. When the high-flying charismatic Isobel explodes into the group it
seems at first she's bringing out the best in each woman. (She gets Simi an interview in
Shanghai! 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. A sharp modern take on friendship
ambition culture and betrayal Wahala (trouble) is an unforgettable novel from a brilliant
new voice.
