{"product_id":"blessings-by-chukwuebuka-ibeh-1","title":"Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in modern day Nigeria against the backdrop of same sex laws introduced in 2014. A father witnesses an intimate moment between his son and the family's apprentice and sends him to a Christian boarding school where he feels isolated and alienated from the people he loves. He begins a journey of self-discovery and blossoming desire, while his mother grapples to hold onto her favourite son.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe story is told from the son and mother's perspectives and is a coming of age story about love, loneliness, acceptance and the impact of the criminalisation of same sex relationships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Obiefuna's father witnesses an intimate moment between his teenage son and the family's apprentice, newly arrived from the nearby village, he banishes Obiefuna to a Christian boarding school marked by strict hierarchy and routine, devastating violence. Utterly alienated from the people he loves, Obiefuna begins a journey of self-discovery and blossoming desire, while his mother Uzoamaka grapples to hold onto her favourite son, her truest friend. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInterweaving the perspectives of Obiefuna and his mother Uzoamaka, as they reach towards a future that will hold them both, BLESSINGS is an elegant and exquisitely moving story of love and loneliness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAsking how we can live freely when politics reaches into our hearts and lives, as well as deep into our consciousness, it is a stunning, searing debut.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Chukwuebuka Ibeh's writing has a certain delicacy to it, so wonderfully observant, and so beautiful' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \/ 256 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \/ 256 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55082113204605,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9780241618257.jpg?v=1702027503","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/blessings-by-chukwuebuka-ibeh-1","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}