Monday, December 22, 2025

Seven top messy divorce novels & memoirs

At Vogue Daisy Jones and Emma Specter tagged seven "messy divorce novels and memoirs to read (or revisit) now," including:
Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo (2021)

This novel gives its female protagonist, Anna, a rich storyline beyond the bounds of her recent separation from her husband: Anna, a young biracial woman living in England, returns to her Nigerian hometown to seek out the truth about her father’s death, richly complicating the divorce narrative.
Read about another entry on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue