the heart wrenching tale of Alisha, a breathtakingly beautiful hausa girl, takes a shocking turn as she and her mother discover the truth that left them both reeling. poverty stricken and abandoned by Alisha's father leaving her mom pregnant because of poverty, Alisha and her mother had endured hardship beyond compare. but just when they thought things couldn't get worse, they uncovered a secret so shocking, so davestating, that it shook the very foundation of their lives and threatened to tear their fragile world apart. what is that secret, this Truth, that haunts their every walking moment?