Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow

A Novel

De: Damilare Kuku

Narrado por: Weruche Opia

A “wise, funny, irresistible” (Shelf Awareness) debut novel about family secrets, judgmental aunties, and Brazilian butt lifts, from the author of the internationally bestselling story collection Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad.

In Nigerian families, none of your business is private. Not even if it's about your bumbum.

Freshly out of Obafemi Awolowo University, 20-year-old Temi has a clear plan for her future: she is going to surgically enlarge her backside like all the other Nigerian women, move from Ile-Ife to Lagos, and meet a man who will love her senseless.

But when she finally finds the courage to tell her mother, older sister, and aunties, her announcement causes an uproar. As each of the other women try to cure Temi of what seems like temporary insanity, they begin to spill long-buried secrets, including the truth of Temi’s older sister’s mysterious disappearance five years earlier.

In the end, it seems like Temi might be the sanest of them all…

In Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow, Damilare Kuku brings her signature humor, boldness, and compassion to each member of this loveable but exasperating family, whose lives reveal the ways in which a woman’s physical appearance can dictate her life and relationships and show just how sharp the double-edged sword of beauty can be.

©2024 Damilare Kuku (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers

Who would've thought a "Bum Bum" story could be so deep?

This book was deeply thought-provoking, tackling generational issues and childhood trauma with plenty of unexpected twists. While it had its humorous moments, the story’s seriousness quickly becomes apparent as it skillfully unravels the complexities of different mindsets and perspectives.

What an intricate read!

This book came together beautifully and even brought out a few tears 😭. I Loved it!

EXCELLENCE

This was very well written, very humorous, insightful, wise, and perfectly narrated. I will search for more of this content.

I love this

This is a fantastic book! The narration was amazing. I really love books that are narrated in the right accents. I love the story and how it flows. Please read , I have recommended this book to everyone

Enjoyment

Total blast. View from an African man. Great story telling, captivating and deep in meanings and very thought provocquing.

Love every bit more this story

The narrator did not disappoint —she’s an example of “representation matters” when associating accents with ethnicity at large. As for the book, it is beautifully written with complex but needed stories. Each woman's story is a great conversation starter. Their stories are quiet voices we dare not publicly raise but should really be raised to address issues such as bullies, insecurities, gender, and sexual identities that we Nigerians need to tackle. I mean, Dami did her beautiful thing on this one. 🌟✨

Great Narration, love the back stories

I love how the book went between past and present and gave back stories on each character, it gives the reader a better understanding of why every one acted the way they did. It was also a good way to highlight the struggles of women in Nigerian society(abuse, spousal abandonment, suppressed sexuality,beauty standards only imposed on women, etc). You could see that no matter where the women lived, they still had bad experiences. I would have liked a more definitive ending but it was great anyway.
Props to the narrator, I wish audible would continue to use African narrators for African stories, the fake accents can be quite irksome in some books but Weruche did great!