Freshwater<\/i><\/b>\u00a0dazzles with ferocious energy and serpentine grace<\/b><\/p>\n
Ada begins her life in the south of Nigeria as a troubled baby and a source of deep concern to her family. Her parents, Saul and Saachi, successfully prayed her into existence, but as she grows into a volatile and splintered child, it becomes clear that something went terribly awry. When Ada comes of age and moves to America for college, the group of selves within her grows in power and agency. A traumatic assault leads to a crystallization of her alternate selves: As\u1ee5ghara and Saint Vincent. As Ada fades into the background of her own mind and these selves\u2015now protective, now hedonistic\u2015move into control, Ada’s life spirals in a dark and dangerous direction.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Freshwater\u00a0dazzles with ferocious energy and serpentine grace Ada begins her life in the south of Nigeria as a troubled baby and a source of deep concern to her family. Her parents, Saul and Saachi, successfully prayed her into existence, but as she grows into a volatile and splintered child, it becomes clear that something went…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"retailer":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[347],"product_tag":[444,109],"class_list":{"0":"post-6104","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-literary-fiction","7":"product_tag-akwaeke-emezi","8":"product_tag-literary-fiction","9":"thb-post-share-style1","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"taxable","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-variable"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n