Do the tears of the lonely ever dry? Okiki's world is awakened by a strange encounter with a mysterious cashew tree, a talking tree. He finds solace in the mysterious tree as he leans on its tutelage to battle the vicissitudes of his family life. He faces the challenge of an intolerable father, Adigun, who grossly abuses his wife and makes life unbearable for his three children. Amope, a humble-hearted mother, with pious extravagances, would not allow her children to show ill feelings toward their benefactor as she battles with epilepsy. All these culminate in the mind of Doja, Amope's first son, as he awaits the accurate time to pin his father's callousness against the walls of vengeance. The stage is set when Okiki grasps education as his lasting panacea to end his tears. But darkness begins to roam around his flickering light of hope when his father escapes to the city with his secret lover, his brother is being pursued by a weight of guilty conscience, and his sister's marital dream is being smeared in their pursuit to salvage Amope's life. This is a heart-rending and inspiring story set in Nigeria's post independence years, creating a perfect imagery of a failing nation through a dysfunctional family, while the vision for a glorious future is set in the eyes of a lonely child.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Trafford Publishing
ISBN-13
9781466905498
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113834590
Product Key Features
Book Title
Tears of the Lonely
Author
Ayo Oyeku
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
2011
Number of Pages
181 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
203mm
Item Width
127mm
Item Weight
195g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Ayo Oyeku
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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