This is the classic African girl child ordeal; a riveting story which keeps you turning the pages, exposing you to the society's crude and ugly attitudes; especially the mishandling of some of the critical issues which confront a typically impoverished family, and how that impoverishment impacts on a girl child that is caught up in that messy cesspool.It is a story about the struggle of an African girl who had to battle issues beyond her age- very early marriage, questions about her identity, abuse, harassment, maltreatment, starvation, poverty of the worst kind, helplessness among others. It is a classical story about the challenges that faced a young African girl, Ijem. Ijem's story will keep you flipping the pages till the end. Discover the intrigues, its quite a daunting odyssey!