Ten years ago in their small village in Nigeria, Ruth’s husband-to-be left her and their young son to make a new life in the United States. Now, as the eleven-year-old Afam approaches his twelfth birthday, his estranged father has returned to take Afam to live with him. Ruth is struggling within herself, unsure whether she can let him go, and how to break the news to her son, his two siblings, and the rest of the family.
