Daughters of the Long Harvest
Adaeze Okonkwo
Historical Fiction
Across four decades and two continents, the women of a farming family carry a land dispute, a marriage of convenience, and a secret ledger of everything they were owed.
Historical Fiction & Memoir
Adaeze Okonkwo
Historian and memoirist writing about harvest, migration, and the record families keep of themselves.
Represented by Enyioma Grace Adaku
Biography
Adaeze Okonkwo spent thirty years teaching before publishing her first book at sixty-one. She writes across historical fiction and memoir, drawing on oral history collected over decades in her own family and community.
Her work has been adapted for radio and is taught widely on courses in life writing.
Featured Work
Books
What the River Kept
Adaeze Okonkwo
Memoir
A teacher returns to the river of her childhood to reconstruct, from letters and interviews, the year her family left and the version of the story they agreed to tell.