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Hafsatu Bebi
A story about identity and loss
2023
First Published
4.29
Average Rating
440
Number of Pages

Hafsatu Gaya’s life is seemingly perfect. A blossoming career in design, a relationship with one of Abuja’s most eligible bachelors and parents whose marriage seems solid. It all starts to fall apart, secret after secret, and she is left holding onto shards of long-buried secrets and unforgivable betrayals Sadiq is a man with a dark past and darker humor. When complexities bring a whirlpool of love that can't be tamed into his life, fate vows to pull them apart. Can they stand strong against the tides of destiny and sins of the past? "If everything is preordained, then aren't the choices we make daily just setting the stones into the grand stage of our fated destinies? Is free will not part of an already written script that we unknowingly act out even in our rebellion?" Underneath all, this is a story of two women, unconnected yet related. Birthed in the same society, while facing different realities, they struggle to balance ugly truths and well-intentioned sins. When it all comes crashing down, leading to loss of self and identity crises, truths they fought so hard to hide become revealed. Can they recognize themselves now that the masks are off?

Avg Rating
4.29
Number of Ratings
617
5 STARS
53%
4 STARS
31%
3 STARS
11%
2 STARS
3%
1 STARS
2%
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Author

Fatima Bala
Fatima Bala
Author · 3 books

Fatima Bala is a lecturer, poet, and writer who lives in Canada with her family and a pet fish named Fishy. Her books have received starred reviews from The Los Angeles Tribune, London Post, and New York Weekly. She graduated from Algonquin College, Vancouver Island University, and Stanford, where she studied Tourism, Business Management, and International Women's Rights. She loves traveling, playing board games, and watching movies with unanticipated twists. Her Instagram account is @aka.fatima.bala

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