A domestic scenario is also at the heart of Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite. It’s been a relatively long wait for this second novel, Braithwaite stating that she didn’t want to get pigeonholed as a writer of a particular genre, and Cursed Daughters is indeed very different from her explosive debut. Braithwaite has an understated prose style that keeps things clear and succinct throughout, something that also allows the depths of Eniiyi’s thoughts and feelings to shine through between the lines. Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite is out on 25 September (Atlantic, £18.99). You can buy it from the Big Issue shop on bookshop.org, which helps to support Big Issue and independent bookshops.