“…….and all the mess of love and life that only shows up as you go along.”

4.5 Star rounding up to 5.

Told from the perspective of the wife and the husband. This is a story about family, about what it is to be a son or daughter and about what it is to be a father or a mother.

Set in 1980’s and early 1990’s Nigeria. It’s about the simultaneous laying aside and clinging onto the older language, traditions and beliefs of the grand/parents' generation by the generation brought up to believe in medicine, science, and democracy and to think in English.


Mostly it’s about the damage that secrets, hidden truths, and lies can do to a relationship.

A recommended book for those who enjoy family dramas.