Beneath The Mango Tree

"There are some people you never really get over. No matter how many years pass.

No matter how many cities separate you.

No matter how hard you try."

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When seventeen-year-old Erin Akinwale is shipped off from Lagos to spend her final year of secondary school in the tiny village of Ilara, she is convinced her father has finally lost his mind.

No malls.

No traffic.

No decent network.

And definitely no reason for her to stay.

Then she meets Dara Adebajo.

Annoyingly charming. Infuriatingly confident. Loved by practically everyone in town.

Especially himself.

At least, that's what Erin thinks.

Between disastrous chemistry lessons, riverbanks, dusty roads, Christmas nights, village gossip, and a mango tree that slowly becomes their place, Erin finds herself falling in love with a life she never wanted-and a boy she never planned for.

But some secrets don't stay buried forever.

And some goodbyes arrive long before you're ready for them.

A story about first love, heartbreak, growing up, and the people who change us beneath the most ordinary trees.