Speak no evil
Subtitle: a novel
By: Uzodinma Iweala
Edition: First HarperLuxe edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Format: Paperback, Large Print
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780062792068
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Gay teenagers; Large type books; Nigerian Americans; Sexual orientation; Fiction
Description: On the surface, Niru leads a charmed life. Raised by two attentive parents in Washington, D.C., he's a top student and a track star at his prestigious private high school. Bound for Harvard in the fall, his prospects are bright. But Niru has a painful secret: he is queer--an abominable sin to his conservative Nigerian parents. No one knows except Meredith, his best friend, the daughter of prominent Washington insiders--and the one person who seems not to judge him. When his father accidentally discovers Niru is gay, the fallout is brutal and swift. Coping with troubles of her own, however, Meredith finds that she has little left emotionally to offer him. As the two friends struggle to reconcile their desires against the expectations and institutions that seek to define them, they find themselves speeding toward a future more violent and senseless than they can imagine. Neither will escape unscathed.--from dust jacket.
Notes: "Larger print"--Page 4 of cover.