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At fifteen, Njideka is caught in the deep political turmoil beleaguering Nigeria. When the government arrests and tortures her father following a peaceful protest, he returns home a shadow of himself: a changed man. Njideka’s family begins to break apart under the yoke of a reckless regime. It is story of hardship, abuse, and the resilient spirit of those desperate to the air of freedom.

“With the Eyes of a Goddess, Ukamaka bursts onto the literary scene as a tender, alluring storyteller worthy of a large, devoted readership. Her novel seizes one’s attention from its opening sentence-and never lets go.