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    Dear Obajimi: A Short Story
    Dear Obajimi: A Short Story
    Dear Obajimi: A Short Story
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    Dear Obajimi: A Short Story

    By Sharon Abimbola Salu

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    On a warm July morning in 1998, a man leaves for work ... and never returns.
    After the mysterious disappearance of her husband, a woman writes a series of letters in a desperate attempt to make sense of the calamity of a missing spouse.
    These letters, set in 1990s Nigeria, provide insight into the life the couple lived before the man’s disappearance and the hurricane of changes that occur while the Police investigate.
    By the last letter, will she discover what happened to her husband?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublishdrive
    Release dateApr 6, 2017
    ISBN9781508075554
    Dear Obajimi: A Short Story
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    Sharon Abimbola Salu

    Sharon Abimbola Salu is the author of A Goat Called Curry. Born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, she now lives in the United States of America. Visit her online at SharonSalu.com.

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      Dear Obajimi - Sharon Abimbola Salu

      DEAR OBAJIMI

      ..................

      A Short Story

      Sharon Abimbola Salu

      PRONOUN

      Thank you for reading. If you enjoy this book, please leave a review.

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2017 by Sharon Abimbola Salu

      Interior design by Pronoun

      Distribution by Pronoun

      ISBN: 9781508075554

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      LETTER 1: One of Many

      LETTER 2: Dare to Hope

      LETTER 3: Don’t Give Up

      LETTER 4: Forgiveness

      LETTER 5: Changes

      LETTER 6: Family Meetings

      LETTER 7: A New Chapter

      DEAR MORENIKE

      THANK YOU FOR READING

      THE DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET

      About the Author

      Other Stories by Sharon Abimbola Salu

      Copyright

      LETTER 1

      ..................

      ONE OF MANY

      Our Home

      Somewhere in Lagos

      August 1, 1998

      Dear Obajimi,

      Nobody hides letters in the kitchen. Except me. An old Bournvita tin will hold all my letters, far from the garri and rice, even farther from prying eyes. You will read them one day, I’m sure of it. I wonder if you see the connection: the tin was once filled with brown sweetness, desired by many. The sweetness is gone; now, it keeps secrets. Like this house, once full of love, joy and laughter. They all left with you, Jimi. Our home now holds memories alone.

      Remember that conversation we had the night you bought me suya? NEPA had been especially kind to us and you forgot a bottle of Schweppes in the freezer. It had lain there, undisturbed, for two whole days, two days of uninterrupted power supply.

      It was when I went in search of something cold to drink that I discovered the shattered remains of your Schweppes. The bottle had exploded in the freezer.

      I told you about it, and you laughed it off. From nowhere, the conversation jumped to Yaba Left. You said you were convinced that there were many people in the psych ward at Yaba Left who simply exploded because they kept too much bottled up inside.

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