GIVE ME WORDS, I'LL FLY, A Heartrending and Inspiring Family Saga by Nigerian Author, Philip U. Effiong

Set in an imaginary world, GIVE ME WORDS, I'LL FLY is a fascinating family story that relies on several subjective sub stories that eventually make up a single piece. Put together, the stories chart the evolution of the Bid family. Each story is told either by a character within the story or by an omniscient author that subsequently becomes one of the characters. Story-telling finally becomes a key resource for seeking healing and regeneration within the Bid family.

Set in the fictional nation of Lenari and spanning three generations, GIVE ME WORDS, I'LL FLY (published by First Books Library), blends semi autobiographical material with pure fiction to highlight a family's constant and unpredictable search for growth and stability. Largely depicted through movement and embedded within subplots that recapture themes of war, romance, education, sex, death, and frustration, the unrelenting efforts of the Bid family to make sense of its existence delineate common human dreams, fears, ironies, errors, and disappointments. While these emotions and qualities appear on the surface, as common tendencies, they raise more intricate and ironic questions about fairness and indeed the need, if any, to strive for the best.

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