BECOMING ME
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✨ Memoir | Motherhood | Hustle | Hope
From selling coffee after class to delivering sandals with her baby strapped to her back,
P. Ngugi shares her soul-deep journey of survival, motherhood, heartbreak, hustle, and healing.
This is not just a story.
It's a testimony.
A light for anyone who has ever started with nothing - and still dared to dream.
This is for the girl who never gave up.
This is for you.
💛 Includes handwritten letters, a powerful birth story, and raw business lessons.
📍 Set in Kenya. Written for the world.
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