Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow
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A “wise, funny, irresistible” (Shelf Awareness) debut novel about family secrets, judgmental aunties, and Brazilian butt lifts, from the author of the internationally bestselling story collection Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad.
In Nigerian families, none of your business is private. Not even if it's about your bumbum.
Freshly out of Obafemi Awolowo University, 20-year-old Temi has a clear plan for her future: she is going to surgically enlarge her backside like all the other Nigerian women, move from Ile-Ife to Lagos, and meet a man who will love her senseless.
But when she finally finds the courage to tell her mother, older sister, and aunties, her announcement causes an uproar. As each of the other women try to cure Temi of what seems like temporary insanity, they begin to spill long-buried secrets, including the truth of Temi’s older sister’s mysterious disappearance five years earlier.
In the end, it seems like Temi might be the sanest of them all…
In Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow, Damilare Kuku brings her signature humor, boldness, and compassion to each member of this loveable but exasperating family, whose lives reveal the ways in which a woman’s physical appearance can dictate her life and relationships and show just how sharp the double-edged sword of beauty can be.
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4.5 stars rounded up to 5. The book is definitely about more than what the premise implies, it's not just about Temi and her quest to have a BBL. It's also about the women in her life and all they have been through that makes them who they are today, and in turn sort of helps to form their perspective on what she wants to do. It's more serious and somber in places than I expected, but overall it was a funny, quick, entertaining read that I couldn't put down till I was finished. There's quite a bit of back and forth in terms of timeline, but it's very well done and really adds well to the perspective of who everyone is today. Very relatable for anyone that grew up in Nigeria or a world in general where women are judged by their bodies.
