Description
When Ijeawele was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia, her father took to his heels. He abandoned her, her brother, Chinedu and their mother. The mother, Njideka tried her best to raise them to their twenties before ebbing away from the earth’s surface. And life’s struggle becomes more intense for them thenceforth. Ijeawele writes when her health permits which isn’t always and when it doesn’t, she loses contracts for not meeting up with deadlines. Chinedu is a mechanic earning from working for mechanic shop owners. Whatever he makes is used to manage the home and handle Ijeawele’s medication and crises. Their lives’ pattern remained so after the mum’s demise up until Ijeawele’s crises started getting out of hand without an explainable cause. Harbouring same love as his mum for his sister, Chinedu is bent on doing anything to provide for his sister and pay for her treatments. But when a major crisis demanding a huge sum emanated, he is torn between the good and the bad. Which way do you think he would take? Find out in this agonizing tale of siblings’ love.