THE SECOND NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE GLOBAL MEGA-SELLER, MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER

No man will call your house his home. And if they try, they will not have peace...

So goes the family curse, long handed down from generation to generation, ruining families and breaking hearts. And now it's Eniiyi's turn - who, due to her uncanny resemblance to her dead aunt, Monife, is already used to her family's strange beliefs, as well as their insistence that she is a reincarnation. Still, when she falls in love with the handsome boy she saves from drowning, she can no longer run from her family's history. Is she destined to live out the habitual story of love and heartbreak, or can she escape the family curse and the mysterious fate that befell her aunt?

Details

ISBN13: 9781805463368
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 352
Edition: Export/Airside
Publication Date: 23 Sep 2025
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Publication City, Country: London,United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 23.4(H)x15.6(L)
Weight (gm):

Author Biography

Oyinkan Braithwaite is a Nigerian-British novelist and writer. Her first novel, My Sister, The Serial Killer, was published in 2018 to wide acclaim. It was a Sunday Times bestseller, longlisted for The Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, and won the Crime and Thriller Book of the Year in the British Book Awards 2020.

Reviews

Cursed Daughters is an engrossing read, a haunting, twisty tale of curses, romance, and tangled family ties. Rich in atmosphere and driven by Braithwaite's sharp prose, it delivers startling turns and high emotional stakes * Ayòbámi Adébáyò, author of Stay With Me and A Spell of Good Things *
I devoured Cursed Daughters and immediately wanted to start all over again. It's a triumph: bold, searing, and utterly original. From the first page, it grips with an electric pulse. Funny and fearless, soaked in secrets, spirit, heartbreak, and love, it's told in a voice as scalding as it is tender. I won't soon forget Eniiyi, Grandma East, Grandma West, Ebun, and Monife-daring and luminous, as lost as she is unforgettable-the one who carved herself deepest into memory. This is a taut, feverish novel that burns itself into you. Impossible to put down.' * Abi Daré, author of the bestselling The Girl with the Louding Voice *
Cursed Daughters is a rich and absorbing tale of destiny versus self-determinism, underpinned by a sweeping love story. I lost myself within its gorgeous pages * Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things *
A bold and mysterious novel about family curses and women threaded together through time and folklore * Diana Evans, author of A House for Alice *
Ingenious... Multi-layered and emotionally resonant... Confident and compelling * Big Issue *
A bold and emotional story of loss, love and destiny * Heat Magazine *
Gritty, other-worldly and lively with twists * Mail on Sunday *
Powerful... Still has its teeth in me * Red Magazine *
Dark and captivating * Stylist *
A taut, twisted tale of Gothic suspense and acid-drop humour * The I Paper *
A brilliantly crafted, devastating read * The Sun *