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Palmwine & Persimmons

Palmwine & Persimmons

Bolin, Ngozi

Paperback

Romance

ISBN10: 1967733325
ISBN13: 9781967733323
Publisher: Pantraxxa LLC
Published: Jun 7 2025
Pages: 454
Weight: 1.33
Height: 0.92 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When sparks fly across the debate stage, neither expects to become accidental roommates or something even more combustible.

Maya Han-Levine is a fiercely intellectual, kimchi-making, cardigan-wearing cultural anthropology PhD candidate at Harvard. Chijioke CJ Okeagu is a Nigerian-born, custom-suit-wearing, whip-smart heir to a business empire, and a star at Harvard Law. When they clash at a university-wide debate on cultural appropriation, the academic fireworks are undeniable. So is the tension.

What Maya doesn't expect is to find CJ moving into her grad housing suite days later, becoming her kitchen rival, legal consultant, and reluctant roommate. As simmering debates turn into late-night stir-fry sessions and shared confidences, their rivalry begins to blur into banter, then friendship, then something neither of them is prepared for.

But family expectations run deep. Maya's hyper-academic parents expect her to land a postdoc and stay focused. CJ's powerful Nigerian family expects him to return home, marry well, and run the empire. Neither is ready to admit that love might be the one thing worth fighting tradition for.

Equal parts romantic comedy, cultural commentary, and slow-burn delight, Palmwine & Persimmons is a fresh, intelligent, and heart-stirring debut that proves love is the ultimate cross-cultural collaboration.

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