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Highlights
- The gripping fictional tale of a young girl's journey from poverty and despair en route to her remarkable and triumphant destiny as Africa's first woman president.
- Author(s): Denise Turney
- 130 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, African American
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The gripping fictional tale of a young girl's journey from poverty and despair en route to her remarkable and triumphant destiny as Africa's first woman president.Book Synopsis
The gripping fictional tale of a young girl's journey from poverty and despair en route to her remarkable and triumphant destiny as Africa's first woman president.
This poignant, inspirational story takes you inside the fictional life of a young East African orphan girl pushed into the street after her mother dies. The little girl named Mulukan is shadowed with terrors, uncertainty and extreme poverty as she starts the long walk. She is only six years old when she is orphaned, not one known blood relative. Her future appears bleak, a devastatingly hard life impossible to turnaround. But, her faith, her inspiration, her spirit to believe, rises up for reckoning.
Long Walk Up takes an honest look at tragedy, unexpected life events, striking coincidences that become the deciding threads in the fabric of an orphan child's life. Mulukan's story strikes a perfect balance between devastating struggle and boundless triumph. Mulukan's remarkable orphan child story searches the heart. It demands faith, real belief and profound trust.
Readers who loved The Alchemist, The Prophet and The Audacity of Hope may fall in love with Long Walk Up. Mulukan's inspiring story is reflected in the eyes, hearts and souls of orphan children who refuse to give up, despite how daunting and heart wrenching the long walk path. It's time that you started to believe in life's best again! Get your copy of Long Walk Up now, so you can start reading this inspirational story today! Isn't it time that you started to believe in YOU again!
Review Quotes
"Long Walk Up breathes life into the resiliency of the African spirit. Through Turney, Mulukan easily leaves the pages and enters our heart. You too will be encouraged to take the Long Walk Up." -- Yaba A. Blay "Temple University Department of African American Studies"