![]() The husband’s status is predicated on his house and his possessions, and in Port Harcourt, these are perhaps more easily taken away than they would be in a major American city. "On Ohaeto Street" looks at a marriage proposal in Port Harcourt, where a nice boy from a religious background makes a play for the narrator, with her mother’s keen encouragement. Those who have crossed the Atlantic to the United States often find that their families and social structures have followed them, whether they’re welcome or not. The narrators in the Nigeria-based stories are often looking far afield for better ways of living. This short story collection is a fine examination of that chilly feeling.Ĭhinelo Okparanta’s debut short story collection, Happiness, Like Water, takes a look at Nigeria and the United States from the point of view of expatriates, or those who wish they were. ![]() Whenever we go back home, there are reminders all around that we’re not quite the same person who left in the first place. ![]()
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