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The Trail of Stars: The Phoenix Inventory

The Trail of Stars: The Phoenix Inventory

Olaluwe, Adedeji

Paperback

Literary Fiction

ISBN13: 9798173601476
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 12 2026
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.29 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
From Abeokuta to America, one family dares to rewrite its destiny.

Jomi Araba has always been different. Impeccably clean in his worn uniform, early to school every day since he was ten, the son of an accidental polygamist and a tireless tie-and-dye mother who now feeds an entire boarding school as Matron.

But in the final week of Senior School Certificate Examination registration, brilliance is not enough. His father is dead. Promises from older siblings have evaporated. The future is about to close its door.

When the school principal pays his fees, Jomi makes a silent vow: I will not waste this rare opportunity.

The Trail of Stars follows Jomi from that wailing moment on the football pitch to becoming a Systems Analyst in Maryland, a Y Combinator founder in California, and finally the founder of the Matron Eunice Araba Computer Institute in Lagos.

It is also the story of Remi - his beloved older brother, whose Phoenix Furniture Works collapses after a devastating accident leaves him in a wheelchair, and of a mother whose blood pressure rises from endless sacrifice until she collapses on the very DINING HALL she served.

Inspired by true Nigerian resilience, this is a story for anyone who has ever been told they come from nothing - and decided to remember the children of whom they are.

Perfect for readers of African literature, family sagas, immigrant stories, and coming-of-age fiction who loved Things Fall Apart, Becoming, and The Son of the House.

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