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Yinka, Where is Your Huzband?

‘A big hearted story about friendship, family and love’ Beth O’Leary

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Yinka, Where is Your Huzband?

By: Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
Narrated by: Ronke Adékoluejo
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MARIE CLAIRE 'BEST BOOKS OF 2022' AND FEBRUARY PICK FOR MALALA'S LITERATI BOOKCLUB

Yinka wants to find love. Her mum wants to find it for her.

She also has too many aunties who frequently pray for her delivery from singledom, a preference for chicken and chips over traditional Nigerian food, and a bum she's sure is far too small as a result. Oh, and the fact that she's a thirty-one-year-old South-Londoner who doesn't believe in sex before marriage is a bit of an obstacle too...

When her cousin gets engaged, Yinka commences 'Operation Find A Date for Rachel's Wedding'. Armed with a totally flawless, incredibly specific plan, will Yinka find herself a huzband?

What if the thing she really needs to find is herself?

'Hilarious, insightful and so uplifting' Beth O'Leary

'Such a warm, funny and relatable book' Jendella Benson

Your favourite authors have all fallen in love with Yinka

'The spiritual heir to Bridget Jones's Diary, while bringing something entirely fresh and modern to the table' Emily Henry, You and Me on Vacation

'Warm and fun and sweet' Marian Keyes, Again, Rachel

'Glorious debut! Read it over two nights and loved it!' Nikki May, Wahala

'Beautifully observed, warm and deeply human, Yinka is a meditation on family and friendship, on love and self-love' Josie Silver, One Night on the Island

'A joyful, pacy romp. Yinka's world is both hilarious and poignant' Irenosen Okojie MBE, Butterfly Fish

'A story about friendship, family, romance, and the most important quest of all - loving and accepting yourself' Lauren Ho, Last Tang Standing

'A beautiful, big hearted story about friendship, family, and love' Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After

'Yinka is the most loveable character you'll meet' Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström, In Every Mirror She's Black

'Funny, charming, warm. A book that will make your heart smile' Milly Johnson, My One True North

'A gorgeous, easy read, but with real depth to its punchy chapters. Extraordinary' Lizzy Dent, The Summer Job


And everyone else loves her too

'Peckham's Bridget Jones' Evening Standard

'Incredibly relatable' Marie Claire, Best Books of 2022

'A fresh take on culture clashes, female friendship and the stigma about being single' Heat Magazine

'A clever twist on the romcom archetype' Daily Mail

'Fabulously fun' Prima

'One of the talked-about debut novels' - The Sunday Times

'More than a book about a woman looking for a man. It addresses female friendships, black beauty standards and religion' Mail on Sunday

© Lizzie Damilola 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

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Critic reviews

Warm and fun and sweet, great on female friendships and extended families (Marian Keyes)

Such a warm, funny and relatable book

(Jendella Benson)
You'll fall in love with Yinka in this witty and heartwarming romantic comedy
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I loved it.
Funny, relatable, true to life and feel good book (without the cheesyness as it is very realistic).
It was a bit triggering as I can relate so much to it.
This book is relatable on every level and made me feel sad at times but so good, pointing out the importance of therapy and loving and accepting yourself first.

Even being a light skin girl. My mum and aunts are just as pushy for marriage and I have been compared to my sister from what feels like the beginning of times. Because I always felt like I don't have the looks. Also my dream career is very far from the African parents expectations and I am a 40 year old single.

Hats off to the author!

so relatable and true to life

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I laughed and cried in almost equal measures. Probably because I could relate to so much of the book. I am a married woman of Afro Barbadian heritage but I think that this book could apply to any community in the world! Easy read, kept my attention, entertaining, loved it.

Therapeutic vibes! Just brilliant!!

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This book gave me all the feel. Listening to it was a good call because it made it better. If you are of African or Caribbean decent this will make you feel seen.

My soul feels good

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Great story and I particularly love the the narrator was Nigerian and accentuated the characters' 'Nigerianess' both in the pronunciations and attitudes.

Lovely story. Glad she didn't end up with Alex as she would have lost herself. Thanks Lizzie and Ronke

Loved It! ❤️

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30mins into it and I’ve been itching to write a review and I don’t usually review books. I have about an hour to go and I can’t wait any longer.
thank you for having someone who is Nigerian/of Nigerian heritage do the narration. Ronke captured the African Aunty and Yoruba sayings so well. It can be so irritating when you’re listening to a book that requires a nigerian accent being voiced by another African that doesn’t understand the phonetics.

I loved this book so much. It captures what many/if not most African 1st born daughter go through with their parents and extended families go through when they are approaching 30, unmarried and childless.

It also touches on the dynamics between cousins and siblings and how the pressure of getting married and popping babies out by a certain age can affect those relationships.

I look forward to reading more book by Lizzie. I’m trying not to give anything away. But stay away from men like Alex. Even me self, I’m angry at him unbehalf of Yinka.

A must listen!!! So relatable as an 1st daughter in African household. Give Lizzie and Ronke their flowers

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