An incisive and exhilarating debut novel following three Anglo-Nigerian best friends and the lethally glamorous fourth woman who infiltrates their groupโthe most unforgettable girls since Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha.Ronke wants happily ever after and 2.2. kids. Sheโs dating Kayode and wants him to be โthe oneโ (perfect, like her dead father). Her friends think heโs just another in a long line o ...Full description
An incisive and exhilarating debut novel following three Anglo-Nigerian best friends and the lethally glamorous fourth woman who infiltrates their groupโthe most unforgettable girls since Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha.Ronke wants happily ever after and 2.2. kids. Sheโs dating Kayode and wants him to be โthe oneโ (perfect, like her dead father). Her friends think heโs just another in a long line of dodgy Nigerian boyfriends.Boo has everything Ronke wantsโa kind husband, gorgeous child. But sheโs 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 sheโs crippled by impostor syndrome and tempted to pack it all in each time her boss mentions her โurban vibe.โ Her husband thinks theyโre trying for a baby. Sheโs not.When the high-flying, charismatic Isobel explodes into the group, it seems at first sheโs 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 Booโs 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.