The Longe siblings are truly fumbling their Nigerian parents' American Dream.
“Powerful… There are multiple messes in Leave Your Mess At Home; I loved reading about every one of them.” - Rachel Khong, New York Times bestselling author of Real Americans
Part of Sareeta’s List, a powerful and redefining collection of emotionally resonant stories commissioned by the late Sareeta Domingo.
 
Sola Longe, eldest daughter, is secretly back home in Chicago for the first time in a decade after a messy public break-up. Anjola is in love with her best friend, who just got engaged to someone else; Karen, a college junior and the baby of the family, is grappling with her sexuality and self-image; and Ola, the golden child with a baby on the way, is questioning his marriage and how to raise a Black son in America.
 
At the first Thanksgiving dinner together in over a decade, years worth of secrets and a lifetime of resentments explode to the fore.