"The Faloduns at the centre of Cursed Daughters share tales of heartbroken women across the generations who just can't seem to hold on to a man. There's Fikayo, whose husband left after he tired of tending to her chronic illness; Afoke, who seduced her younger sister's boyfriend; Feranmi, the matriarch of the family, who got pregnant by a married man and received the curse from the man's first wife."
"In 1994, 19-year-old Monife meets gentle, light-skinned Kalu, whom she nicknames Golden Boy. He's the perfect man, she believes, to break the curse. There was not a single shred of doubt in her mind that they would be together for ever, she thinks at one point, in a moment of dramatic irony. We know their relationship doesn't end well: the novel begins in 2000, as Monife drowns herself at a beach."
The Falodun family carries a curse manifesting as repeated tales of heartbroken women who cannot keep a man. Generations include Fikayo, abandoned when her husband grew tired of her chronic illness; Afoke, who seduced her younger sister's boyfriend; and Feranmi, who conceived by a married man and was cursed by his first wife. Three central women—Monife, Ebun and Eniiyi—grow up under the curse, fall in love, and attempt to defy supernatural forces. Monife meets Kalu in 1994 and believes he will break the curse; their relationship ends tragically when Monife drowns in 2000. The narrative repeatedly returns to ancestral stories, suggesting the true curse may be an unwillingness to reckon with the past.
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