NEW READ: 'Finding Garen' Explores Self Discovery
Finding Garen tells the story
of Oghenegaren whose life became tough from the moment she lost her parents.
Her life is put in a rollercoaster of drama after her husband leaves her
pregnant and broken. She decides it’s time to find herself and the past she
lost. She embarks on a life-changing experience in Lagos for a new phase of
life only to be wrapped in lies and drama. Secrets which might put a setback in
Garen’s life are revealed. She struggles with the will to face all the obstacles
and accept the love of the new people she chose to call family.
The story is well-needled and threaded, and the plot carefully laid out. I have no reservation in recommending it to her contemporaries and adults alike, as a testimony of the capacity to imagine and present a narrative that informs, educates, and entertains at the same time
- Professor Duro Oni, PhD
Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Letters
Written in a clear, humane, engaging and
picturesque manner, FINDING GAREN reminds us of the recurrent cycle of human
morality and immorality, of sweetness and bitterness and the eventual triumph
of the human spirit
-Ike S. Ndolo, PhD
Professor of Mass Communication (Enugu State University of Science & Technology)
Crafted with poise and empathy for Garen, a
character who comes alive so real like a next-door neighbour. Great promise for
a newcomer
- Lekan Balogun, PhD
Dramatist and Theatre Director
This book gives insightful answers to the
questions of what it is like to have a dream and a need to fight for it, a
desire to live it no matter the cost, patience or price demanded. As a fresh
Literary product for a developing society, Chidera Onyebuchi’s book is
compelling. Her style is non-judgemental
- Prescott
Egbo
Writer and founder of Blot Drop
‘ Finding Garen was purely a product of my
imagination and while writing it I only had the intention of bringing my
imagination to life’, the author explains. ‘ I’ve realised that my book is more
than just an imagination but a source of hope for people who have lost hope
especially the single mothers. It focuses on the importance of love and
support. It does not only highlight certain societal problems but provides a solution to them. I hope that when people follow Garen on her journey to self-discovery, that they are filled with new hope and happiness as Garen was and
that they learn how certain problems in the home and society can be handled.’
About the author:
Onyebuchi
Chidera is a 19-year-old writer and real estate agent, currently studying
Creative Arts at the University of Lagos. She is an author at Creative
Freelance Writers. One of her short stories was shortlisted for the Teecocks
initiatives Creative writing competition in 2014. “Meant to Fly”, a short story
of hers, was shortlisted for the Freedom Magazine Literary Award in 2018. She
was second runner up of the Lekeku Writer’s League Competition, 2018 season.
When she is not working on her laptop and playing with ideas, she reads books
and watches movies.
FINDING GAREN is her debut novel.
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