One Book One Bronx: My Parents' Marriage

My Parents' Marriage by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
Nana Brew-Hammond makes her highly anticipated return with this soaring and profound story about love and understanding told through three generations of one Ghanaian family. Tender and illuminating, warm and bittersweet My Parents’ Marriage is a compelling story of family, community, class, and self-identity from an author with deep empathy and a generous heart.

Determined to avoid the pain and instability of her parents’ turbulent, confusing marriage, Kokui marries a man far different from her loving, philandering, self-made father—and tries to be a different kind of wife from her mother.

But when Kokui and her husband leave Ghana to make a new life for themselves in America, she finds history repeating itself. Her marriage failing, she is called home to Ghana when her father dies. Back in her childhood home, which feels both familiar and discomforting, she comes to realize that to exorcize the ghosts of her parents’ marriage, she must confront them to enable her healing.

Saturdays, 12-130pm: 10/11, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, & 11/8
BronxArtSpace, 700 Manida St. (entrance on Spofford Ave.)
.........................

Tuesdays, 7-830pm on Zoom: 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, & 11/4
.........................

Nana Brew-Hammond is the author of the young adult novel Powder Necklace, which Publishers Weekly praised as “a winning debut.” My Parents' Marriage was named one of the best books of 2024 by The Boston Globe and Brittle Paper.
One Book One Bronx is a weekly community book club that brings people together to explore a wide range of books. The discussions reflect the borough’s diversity, fostering connection, reflection, and meaningful dialogue.

Host or Publisher Literary Freedom Project