Eyo - E-book - ePub

Eyo, 10-year-old girl, is taken from Nigeria to the UK for a better life. The novel follows her five year journey as she's passed from one 'guardian' to another, and her attempts to escape. Eventually, she is rescued, only to realise that in even in freedom, society demands an exacting price from those it should protect. A contemporary literature novel with more than a hint of suspense. Eyo was nominated for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. REVIEWS'.outstanding commentary on the conditions that make life in home countries unbearable, the casual cruelties meted out on strangers as they travel, and the indifference that sustains it all' - Judging panel on Eyo, Commonwealth Writers' Prize  Eyo..
is still up there among the continent's finest works of realistic fiction - Daily Monitor This is an attitude changing novel - New Vision Ms Sanusi is one of a new crop of Nigerian writers.[making] a mark in the literature world - Business Daily What this literature most highlights is the fragility of life for a majority of people in Africa, especially when faced with grinding poverty and abandonment from the state and society - Africareview.com