Code Switch: A Double Life

By James Harvest

What does it cost to build a life between two worlds? Everything

Meet Tunde Adebayo. By day, he's a rising star at a sleek tech giant, mastering the corporate playbook of "circling back" and "leveraging synergies." He's polished, professional, and perpetually careful-modulating his voice, his laughter, even his handshakes to fit in. By night, he's Oluwatunde, the first son of Nigerian immigrants, navigating a vibrant, demanding world where respect is measured by the depth of his kneel and his fluency in the proverbs of his ancestors.

Tunde is a master of the code-switch, a chameleon constantly changing colors. But the performance is exhausting. He's too "ethnic" for the boardroom, too "American" for his family, and the constant whiplash is cracking the very foundation of his soul. When his white wife, Chloe, struggles to understand the invisible war he wages daily, and his corporate boss co-opts his groundbreaking ideas, Tunde's carefully constructed double life begins to implode.

Caught between the pressure to succeed and the weight of legacy, Tunde must make a choice: continue the draining performance, or risk everything to forge a single, authentic life from the two warring halves of his identity.

Code Switch: A Double Life is a breathtakingly resonant and profoundly moving novel for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider in their own skin. It's a searing exploration of the immigrant family legacy, the exhausting high-wire act of assimilation, and the fierce, fragile love of a marriage tested by cultural divides. With deep Yoruba wisdom, sharp American wit, and characters that will linger long after the final page, this is a story that lays bare the cost of belonging and the revolutionary act of claiming your whole, true self.

If you've ever had to translate your soul for someone else's comfort, this is your story.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FYJ7527V
• ISBN13: 9798271813108
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"