Chinelo Okparanta

Harry leaves his racist, xenophobic, and financially incompetent parents in Pennsylvania and moves to Manhattan where he falls in love with a young Nigerian woman who forces him to confront his identity. Harry Sylvester Bird grows up in Edward, Pennsylvania, with his parents, Wayne and Chevy, whom he greatly dislikes. Theyre racist, xenophobic, financially incompetent, and they have quite a few secrets of their own. To Harry, they represent everything...