In many ways, Niru leads a charmed life. Bound for Harvard and finishing up his senior year, he is a top student, a track star and has a best friend, Meredith. But he also has a secret, he is gay. When his very conservative Nigerian parents get a hint of this, they send him to Nigeria and employ a religious "fix" for this problem. When he returns home, he and Meredith don't seem to have time for each other. He tries to be the son his parents want him to be but he can't. He embarks on a relationship with a man he meets at the shoe store. He bristles at all the restrictions in his life. Then he and Meredith reconnect. What happens next is tragic and the books shifts to Meredith's point of view. Prentice Onayemi & Julia Whelan do a great job narrating this modern tale of identity and struggle.
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