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  • 07/2014
  • 1500133795
  • 292 pages
  • $15
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Amaka Lily, author
If you had told Deka in 2005, as she sat on a plane bound for America, that she would one day wish to be in Nigeria, she would have spat in your face. Nigeria had been hell for her. She lived in a one room boys-quarter with 7 family members. She could not go to college or get a job. Poverty and Corruption were rampant. Nigerians who had the means had since fled the country. She would have left sooner, but had lacked the funds to do. She was never coming back. She was sure of it. America was going to be great. She was sure of it. But seven years later, Deka was doing just that, trying to return to Nigeria. America had turned out to be a nightmare, and she wanted to return home. It hadn't started out that way. When Deka first arrived, America had proven to be everything she had expected. But as America continued to unfold, she saw a side that no one had told her about. A side that she could not live with. On her first visit back, Deka realizes that not only has Nigeria moved on without her, but that she has changed. Irrevocably. She can no longer live in Nigeria the way she had previously done. Since she does not want to live in America, she arrives at a cross road. Does she continue with her plans to return to Nigeria or does she learn to work with America?
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Amazon

Very funny, thoughtful and emotional. This is a must read for everyone who wants to understand the emotional journey (excitement at the thought of the new country and the discovery of all the opportunities and little conveniences it has to offer, sadness as Deka goes through the emotions of cultural shock, confusion as she struggles with choosing between the country of origin and the adopted one)

A must read for every would be immigrant. This helps to manage expectations. Those who have already immigrated go back in time to your first days in the adopted country and fast forward to your current struggles with shifting allegiances between home country and adopted country.

You will find a lot of funny lines as well. One of my funniest moments is when Deka wanted to see “The Doctor of Prescription…”, unbeknown to her that prescription is what a doctor gives you to buy medicine from a pharmacy.

Great book, great read!!

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Paperback Details
  • 07/2014
  • 1500133795
  • 292 pages
  • $15
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