BOOKREVIEWS

 

Twists of Fate

Gichaba Nyantino

Twists of Fate is a compelling story about identity, gender, parenting, corruption and crime. The main protagonist, Yuna, makes a stunning discovery that the woman she has always known as her mother is actually not her real mother. She subsequently hits the road on an odyssey of self discovery. From the valley of despair, Yuna is thrust into stardom via the modelling industry earning her the Miss Africa title. In a critical lapse of judgment she falls in love with an underworld playboy, Jimo, whom she later falls out with on realizing the man is a criminal on the run and that the police think she's Jimos partner in crime.Yuna who is six months pregnant pulls a clever camouflage retreating to street life to escape the police dragnet. She gives birth to twins and abandons them but they are picked by an old woman, Angelina, who it turns out is Jimo's mother. Jimo and a vicious gang in the employ of a child trafficking syndicate kidnap the same kids to a Mombasa hideout where Yuna has since been hired as a house help. Years later the twins develop interest in each other but a profoundly shocking revelation that they are twins of the same mother throws their wedding plans into disarray...But will Yuna know her roots?

 

Price USD 13.95/ Kshs 840

 

Sahel Publishing