Nikki May (Custom House)“Wahala” follows a trio of Anglo-Nigerian BFFs, all with their own busy lives. Sure, everything is a bit of a mess — Ronke has a boyfriend who may or may not ever commit, Boo has a husband and beautiful child, but feels lost in motherhood, and Simi has a glam lifestyle and a husband who’s under the impression that she wants kids (she does not).
But when an old friend named Isobel starts hanging out with the group, four is a crowd — and sometimes it seems like Isobel’s intentions are anything but innocent.
Aliyah Ali-Afzal (Grand Central Publishing) Faiza fits in with the well-groomed mothers at her children’s private school — no easy feat, given her childhood spent being bullied for being Pakistani.
But all this fitting in has come at a cost; specifically, all the money in her family’s “emergency” fund, which she has used to pay for raffle tables here, ski lessons there, and keeping up appearances.
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