Funerals usually bring together family members. In Nigeria, the death of Nkechi, the family matriarch, forces members of her family who had not seen each other for many years to reassess their relationships with her and with each other.
Nwanganga Shields grew up in Nigeria and currently lives in Bethesda, Maryland. She studies at the University of St. Andrews and American University in Washington, DC. She is a retiree of the World Bank. The Reading of the Will is her third novel.
