Description
Ellen Peng straddles two inescapable complexities in her young life and family – her status as the first born and role model for her younger siblings and her very complicated relationship with her mother, Lydia, who’s chosen to jeopardize her own future and that of her entire family. Lydia orchestrates the death of her husband in order to accommodate Tom, a younger, able-bodied and attractive lover in her life. Her insatiable epicurean lifestyle, coupled with her longing for self-aggrandizement make up the ingredients for her atrocious choices. How would Ellen respond to Tom and Lydia’s cat and mouse games that potentially, could lead to abysmal psycho-social suffering for the family and the larger community?
Praise for “Paradise of Love and Pain”
“Paradise of Love and Pain is a remarkably captivating story by a writer with an impressive depth for narrative storytelling that rewards the reader with a story that will stay in their memory long after they are done reading…”
-Oneurine Awantu, PhD
The ICT University
“This story delicately straddles the razor-thin subtlety between complex human emotions, deftly exploring the very different cuts made by the two-sided, double-edged love-hate, anger-joy, ecstasy-crime manifestations of human emotions…”
-Beatrice Epwene, PhD
Penn State University
“Paradise of Love and Pain is a depiction of real life drama prevalent in and outside the church in today’s society, featuring stories of romance between married couples and pastors, something society frowns on, yet it happens everywhere, everyday. If you ever wondered what happens when tradition and modernity clash, you should read this novel.”
-Gabby Njinimbot, E-JD
Author of How to Turn Small Resources into Big Dreams
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