ᴀʙᴜɴᴅᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏғ sᴄᴏʀᴘɪᴏɴ🦂
ᴀʙᴜɴᴅᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏғ sᴄᴏʀᴘɪᴏɴ ʙʏ ʜᴀᴅɪᴢᴀ ɪsᴍᴀ ᴇʟ-ʀᴜғɪᴀ| 𝟺/𝟻💫
𝑇𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑅𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑛 & 𝐼'𝑚 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘! 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡, 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠! By the way, 𝐼 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝕚𝕥𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤!
Did I enjoy reading this book? YESSS!
In preparation for the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday which customarily, is celebrated by going over to the husband's family house, Tambaya lost her husband and their only child to a ghastly motor accident.
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The only survivor, Abundance of Scorpion narrates the hurdles and enormous trials Tambaya had to face as a widow (especially in a culture that betrothes the wife to the younger brother), the rough journey towards the seemingly never ever getting a means to earn a living, while also paying her husband's debt; the inhumane treatment she went through in the hands of her brother's wife while leaving with them; the cruel treatment in the hands of the matron, and her journey finding love again and pulling through.
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I was glued to this book, and despite the fact that my tight schedule didn't give way for me to sit down and finish it at a go, my mind kept going to it, and how I needed to finish it.
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Abundance of Scorpion will give you a detailed insight into how life was in the Northen 1990s; how most orphanages in Nigeria are run, and the process of adoption that determines the faith of every child. For instance, a child found by the roadside and brought into the orphanage home with no information at all is giving a Christian name, the next one, a Muslim name, then a Christian name, and the cycle continues.
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Something I found really interesting is the author's ability to weave her story mainly around a woman of 43 years old and still pull off a very nice storyline!
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Abundance of Scorpion by @hadizaelrufai is a story about a woman's resilience. This is a book I will recommend, especially for those looking to know more about the North.
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