The Girl Child Ordeal (Adesuwa) - Paperback

by Patrick Ijiekhuamhen (Author)

The book titled "The Girl Child Ordeal" is about a girl who suffered some ordeals in the hands of her father who do not value her girl child but loved and prayed for a male child. The gods did not honour his request because he is supposed to value her girl child the gods blessed him with. Along the line he refused to send her to school and wanted to force her into marriage against her wish. The mum stood by her along the line and showed her that motherly love. Luck smiled on her when she met the christian missionaries who took her away, she studied law and was appointed by the Queen of England as a legal adviser. The story is how she survived and was highly blessed. The story teaches Mr. Enoma a bitter lesson that girl child is a blessing as they can also become blessed in life like their male counterparts. The fiction book is a grass to grace story of Adesuwa who suffered some ordeals that led her to her blessings in life.