SWEET OLEANDER
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A young lad and his loved ones from Cross River, with daring ambitions, seek to overcome obstacles they experience as Nigerians. Will they?
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#1 in gender inequality 27/7/24
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#1 in Calabar 8/11/23
#3 in instability 23/7/24
Thank you so much for reading this... Please, this is still a WIP, so bear with me. I edit progressively.
Trigger alert: violent scenes and words, matured content.
Book cover credit: Desygner, thank you for a great book cover.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ifumi is an individual with a very busy mind. Words keep popping up everywhere. They do not observe the traffic rules🤣. Here is what she does. She brings the overflow of words to prevent a standstill.
Her book on nature poems, 'Age of the Sun' is available on Amazon. The link is in her 'About'
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