Surayya: a soft flame
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Last published Tue, Jul 29, 2025
From the outside, her life looked perfect. But perfection has its cracks.
This is the story of Surayya a girl who learned to smile before she learned to speak her truth. Born into prestige, drowned in silence. From the heartbreak of her father's distance, to the rise of a woman who built empires from pain... this novel follows the slow, soft bloom of a girl who was never meant to survive... but did.
📍Set in Kano and Medina
💍 Marriage, generational healing, and the softness of true love
🌺 Told in English, Hausa, and Arabic because her story was never meant to be told in just one language.
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