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Hannah Bailey has never known her father, the Nigerian entrepreneur who had a brief relationship with her white mother. Because of this, Hannah has always felt uncertain about part of her identity. When her father dies, she’s invited to Nigeria for the funeral. Though she wants to hate the man who abandoned her, she’s curious about who he was and where he was from. Searching for answers, Hannah boards a plane to Lagos, Nigeria.

In Banana Island, one of Nigeria’s most affluent areas, Hannah meets the Jolades, her late father’s prestigious family–some who accept her and some who think she doesn’t belong. The days leading up to the funeral are chaotic, but Hannah is soon shaped by secrets that unfold, a culture she never thought she would understand or appreciate, and a man who steals her heart and helps her to see herself in a new light.

As is often my habit, I picked up this book on sale at the book store because I wanted to read a new-to-me author.

Jane Igharo’s “The Sweetest Remedy” reminds me so much of Toni Shiloh’s “In Search of a Prince”: two American-born and raised women who visit never-before-met family in Africa. They’re both bittersweet in the heartbreak of these families being separated and the joy of them finding each other again, despite the hard circumstances.

While Igharo’s book is also a romance, it also has a sweet family vibe to it, with several siblings and many generations of relatives, as well as the excitement of discovering an unfamiliar setting, and the warmth of a quick romance.

An easy, romantic read.

Rated PG-13 for suggested sex, some swearing, and some drug/alcohol references.

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