This novella is about a young girl whose dreams are cut short before she realizes them. It is a story of a troubled child who faces rejection since birth. As her name suggests, Maisha is full of life, and is forced to grow into a woman in a cruel African society, after the mysterious demise of her parents. She is left orphaned, with wicked relatives on her back. She is forced to corelate with strange cowives and an old husband. Survival leaves her no choice but to live with the man. Her forced matrimonial home harbours her long lost sibling and so many discoveries. In all this chaos, Maisha keeps a secret. A secret that only she and her deceased parents knew. Once unearthed, this secret is the one that will bring extreme changes in her life. We feel her pain as she soldiers through an abusive marriage to the end of her chapter. Her life ends as soon as it begins.
Alissa Iris De León the daughter of both the Spanish and Italian Mafia.
A week after she was born she was sent away from her 2 brothers to live with her father.
Alexandro De León, Alissa's father and the leader of the 1st powerful mafia which is the 'Italian Mafia'. He is the most feared man in the world and is known to never show emotions. They call him the 'THE DEVIL'. You utter a word to him or even make a little mistake he won't hesitate to kill you.
After 12 years of living with him she became a copy of him no she became even worse than him. On her 13th birthday she was sent back to live with her mother and brothers.
2yrs of living with them her mother was presumed to be 'dead' and they were sent to live with their uncles who were surprise surprise the leaders of the American Mafia.