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Sides Of A Coin
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781669842927
Publisher: Xlibris Us
Published: Sep 22 2022
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Abimbola Prince's struggle for identity began long before he cut his name in half. Sent to Trinidad as an infant by his father against his mother's wishes, Abimbola spent his earliest years caught in a silent family tug-of-war. Though his mother eventually reclaimed him at age two to bring him back to his siblings, the roots of disconnection were already planted, leaving a layer of quiet strain on their relationship that follows him into adolescence.
Now a teenager in North America, Abimbola faces a new battleground: the neighborhood gridlock. Cruelly teased by peers who constantly mangle his African first name, and trying to fit into his own immediate family, he makes a desperate choice to erase his identity just to blend in.
Sides of a Coin is a raw, moving retro-contemporary Young Adult novella exploring cultural heritage, family fractures, and teenage self-esteem. Follow one youth's powerful fight to bridge the gap between his roots and his reality, and discover the true weight of a name before it's too late.
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