Ogadi’s life always seemed to take a turn for the worse. Born in Umuneke, a remote African village to a drunkard father and forced to live with Onome, a wicked stepmother, Ogadi thought life couldn’t be worse. She quickly found out how wrong she was when she was plucked out of Umuneke and thrown into the city. Amidst the painful feelings of bitterness, suffering, sorrow, poverty, blackmail and joyful celebration, the author evolves the mysteries surrounding poor Ogadi’s miserable life.