The Ashes Have Their Own Stories is a book about love, intimacy, heartbreak, femininity, loss, trauma, healing and the many ways this country has tried us. It faithfully explores these themes with a personal and social supply of experiential gravity that fishes out heavy stories from dark lonely corners. It is the New and Old Testament of Ayomide Fasedu making the transition from heavy to light, as she attempts to make a stable sense of a harsh lived experience for herself and others.