More than a decade has passed since Adichie’s award-winning novel “Americanah.” Now, the author returns with the stories of four African women, intertwined by blood or friendship, who grapple with love and grief, identity and belonging, and the pressures of community and their own desires — all set against the backdrop of the pandemic.

Dominic Salt, a widowed father, and his three children live on Shearwater, a remote island between the Tasmania and Antarctica. When a devastating storm strikes, an injured woman washes ashore. Who is she? Where did she come from? And what, exactly, does she want?

Devin is a washed-up actor who’s trying to interest producers in a reboot of the werewolf soap opera that made him famous as a teen. When his own life begins to mirror that of his character, Devin seeks the help of Alex, who used to moderate his online fan forum — if she can put aside her disdain for him in order to figure out what’s happened to him.

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