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The Tiny Things Are Heavier: A Novel

by Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo

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Hardcover · 288 pages Bloomsbury USA · 2025

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The Tiny Things Are Heavier

Zora Neale Hurston Legacy Debut Fiction Finalist
Shortlisted for the New Adult Book Prize
Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize
A Vogue Best Book of the Year

"This book is best for anyone who loved Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah"-Forbes

"Okonkwo's ability to skillfully narrate the triumphs, upheavals and disappointments of young love defies comparison to any other writer"-Vogue

A heart-rending debut novel about a Nigerian immigrant as she tries to find her place at home and in America-a powerful epic about love, grief, family, and belonging.

The Tiny Things Are Heavier follows Sommy, a Nigerian woman who comes to the United States for graduate school two weeks after her brother, Mezie, attempts suicide. Plagued by the guilt of leaving Mezie behind, Sommy struggles to fit into her new life as a student and an immigrant. Lonely and homesick, Sommy soon enters a complicated relationship with her boisterous Nigerian roommate, Bayo, a relationship that plummets into deceit when Sommy falls for Bryan, a biracial American, whose estranged Nigerian father left the States immediately after his birth. Bonded by their feelings of unbelonging and a vague sense of kinship, Sommy and Bryan transcend the challenges of their new relationship.

During summer break, Sommy and Bryan visit the bustling city of Lagos, Nigeria, where Sommy hopes to reconcile with Mezie and Bryan plans to connect with his father. But when a shocking and unexpected event throws their lives into disarray, it exposes the cracks in Sommy's relationships and forces her to confront her notions of self and familial love.

A daring and ambitious novel rendered in stirring, tender prose, The Tiny Things Are Heavier is a captivating portrait that explores the hardships of migration, the subtleties of Nigeria's class system, and how far we'll go to protect those we love.



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Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Author
Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo
Format
Hardcover
Published
Jun 24, 2025
ISBN-13
9781639734108
ISBN-10
1639734104
Pages
288
Carton quantity
24 copies
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