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Penguin BooksListen to LEAVE YOUR MESS AT HOME author and @reesesbookclub LitUp Fellow, Tolani Akinola, talk about her big-hearted, hilarious debut novel 🧡 During a single autumn in Chicago, four Nigerian-American siblings are forced to reckon with the past and take stock of what really matters when the eldest, estranged sister, secretly comes back home for the first time in a decade. Together again at their parents' Thanksgiving table, years of secrets and a lifetime of resentments explode to the fore, forcing them to ask the questions: what do we owe to our families, what do we owe to ourselves, and is there a way back to each other? Find out all the answers on April 14th when LEAVE YOUR MESS AT HOME hits shelves everywhere 🗓️
On the profile · Mar 30, 2026