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Pride and Joy

Brains & Noble

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Last updated on Jun 13, 2026 05:08 PM

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Category Brains & Noble > Literary fiction

Condition new

SKU BN-125678

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Joy Okafor is overwhelmed. Recently divorced, a life coach whose phone won’t stop ringing, and ever the dutiful Nigerian daughter, Joy has planned every aspect of her mother’s seventieth birthday weekend herself.

As the Okafors slowly begin to arrive, Mama Mary goes to take a nap. But when the grandkids go to wake her, they find that she isn’t sleeping after all. Refusing to believe that her sister is gone-gone, Auntie Nancy declares that she had a premonition that Mama Mary would rise again like Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday.

Desperate to believe they’re about to witness a miracle, the family overhauls their birthday plans to welcome the Nigerian-Canadian community, effectively spreading the word that Mama Mary is coming back. But sceptical Joy is struggling with the loss of her mother and not allowing herself to mourn just yet, while going through the motions of planning a funeral that her aunt refuses to allow.

Filled with humor and flawed, deeply relatable characters “so rich in heritage and complexity that I can’t believe these characters do not really exist” (Jesse Q. Sutanto, national bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties), Pride and Joy will draw you in as the Okafors prepare for a miracle while coming apart at the seams, praying that they haven’t actually lost Mama Mary for good, and grappling with what losing her truly means for each of them.