It Comes in Waves
$32.01
- Hardcover
368 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2026
Summary
Grief, that ungovernable pet - it comes and goes as it pleases, never straying far.
Death sneaks up on Onome Odafe. She has little experience of what it means to lose someone she truly loves. So when her sister calls to tell her that their father didn’t survive a stroke, she isn’t sure how to act, what grieving is meant to look or feel like. She passes the days until she returns to Nigeria for the funeral in a haze of performance and distraction, holding together what little of hersel…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529954159 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529954150 |
| Author: | Rukky Brume |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Merky Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 470g |
| Dimensions: | 225mm x 146mm x 33mm |
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Critics Review
Rich, evocative and beautifully written: a meditation on faith, grief and belonging. A wonderful debut – NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS
Suffused with love and sadness, ambitious in scope, It Comes in Waves is a delicate, moving novel – LORNA ELCOCK
Brume confidently describes the pain of losing a loved one with delicate grace and humour. Onome and the Odafes will stay with me for many years to come. A breathtaking debut – FOLUSO AGBAJE
This is a meditation on those first difficult moments that grip you after someone you love has died. It’s painfully true, minutely observed and disastrously human in its unfolding. It Comes In Waves will leave you gasping for air, in the best ways. – MAAME BLUE
A remarkable debut written with depth and clarity. Brume captures the awkwardness, bureaucracy and of course the loss of bereavement. – CHIBUNDU ONUZO
IT COMES IN WAVES is a beautiful, tender and simultaneously brutal exploration of family, grief and the secrets that bind and shape us. Told with clear, touching and bruising prose, Onome’s tenacity, her journey to understanding and truth, and her relationships are unfurled in a story that will stay with you. – ONYI NWABINELI
Richly drawn and emotionally resonant, it marks the arrival of an exciting new literary voice. – Service95
About The Author
Rukky Brume
Rukky Brume grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. She studied Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and works as a finance lawyer. Rukky is an alumna of the Faber Academy’s flagship writing course. In 2021, her writing was longlisted for the inaugural Women’s Prize Trust’s Discoveries Award. IT COMES IN WAVES is her first novel. She lives in London.
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