The Light Within: Extracting Beauty From Life's Ashes

By Adeniyi Adesokan

Book Overview

One boy. Two continents. A promise that dawn will always follow the darkest night.

At ten, Deni Adelabu leaves his Lagos home for a boarding school where hunger and bullying are part of the curriculum.

At sixteen, he endures a merciless "hell-week" at Nigeria's Defence Academy-frog-jumping miles with rifles, sleeping four hours a night, and watching classmates break under the strain.

Five years later, with a second-hand suitcase and a single year's tuition, he lands in small-town Illinois.

If he fails, the dream ends. If he endures, he will cross the stage as engineering valedictorian-proof that the light within can outshine any shadow.

True-life coming-of-age set in Nigeria and the United States
Raw portrait of family betrayal, resilience, and redemption
Uplifting like Educated and The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

"The Light Within" shows how to extract beauty from life's ashes-and why hope is not a feeling but a decision.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CRN8N754
• ISBN13: 9798873451159
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"