Why Am I Born This Way?: And Other Stories

The three stories in this book are exceptional. They are typical of African stories and very familiar to people who had grown up in many west African communities around the 70s and 80s. That is why they sound so real and familiar like someone's everyday life. This is so because they are fictional stories created from real life experiences. The story, Why Am I Born This Way, x-rays the agonies of a man born with a deformation of an organ so vital to his existence and there is nothing he can do to change his situation. Even though he tried to live his life without much friction from the things that would keep reminding him of his predicament, the realities of his environment kept making things impossible for him. The story, Success Does Not Fall From The Sky, is one-of-a-kind story that is told in such a different way with how most conventional stories are told. But the reality of life is that conventional and unconventional things would always be tried out in all that we do, and here it is applied to bring out a different enjoyable flavor in reading. No matter your background, everyone can identify with the story. Because it looks real and familiar. The last story, How I Met My Wife, is touted as the shortest story ever published, that made sense; and though, it looks small, but it can stir up a meditation that can take many decades to digest. All the stories are good and everyone would find them appealing to read.

• | Author: Okechukwu Okugo
• | Publisher: Independently published
• | Publication Date: May 11, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 122 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1521270570
• | ISBN-13: 9781521270578