The tiny things are heavier: a novel

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A heart-rending debut novel about a Nigerian immigrant as she tries to find her place at home and in America-a powerful epic about love, grief, family, and belonging. The Tiny Things Are Heavier follows Sommy, a Nigerian woman who comes to the United States for graduate school two weeks after her brother, Mezie, attempts suicide. Plagued by the guilt of leaving Mezie behind, Sommy struggles to fit into her new life as a student and an immigrant. Lonely and homesick, Sommy soon enters a complicated relationship with her boisterous Nigerian roommate, Bayo, a relationship that plummets into deceit when Sommy falls for Bryan, a biracial American, whose estranged Nigerian father left the States immediately after his birth. Bonded by their feelings of unbelonging and a vague sense of kinship, Sommy and Bryan transcend the challenges of their new relationship. During summer break, Sommy and Bryan visit the bustling city of Lagos, Nigeria, where Sommy hopes to reconcile with Mezie and Bryan plans to connect with his father. But when a shocking and unexpected event throws their lives into disarray, it exposes the cracks in Sommy's relationships and forces her to confront her notions of self and familial love.
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Fathers and sons -- Fiction
Fiction
Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction
Lagos (Nigeria) -- Fiction
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Multiracial people -- Fiction
Nigeria -- Fiction
Nigerians -- United States -- Fiction
Self-realization in women -- Fiction
Siblings -- Fiction
Suicidal behavior -- Fiction
Women graduate students -- Fiction
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Immigrants
Man-woman relationships
Multiracial people
Nigerians
Self-realization in women
Siblings
Suicidal behavior
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