When 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. Interweaving 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. Asking
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. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WILBUR SMITH
ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZEA sublime coming-of-age tale... an extraordinarily composed and deeply
felt debut - GuardianAn excellent debut novel - John Boyne A moving debut about love and
loneliness - Sunday Times Wonderful vivid - Patrick Gale
