Jasom; the narrator was a 20-year-old undergraduate when he went against the culture of their quiet provincial villages in Nigeria, to build a steadfast love with Nina, the pretty 16-year-old daughter of the senatorial candidate.

He takes you through the stern warnings of Nina's parents and how he managed to stay together with Nina.

And when the hardest test of all came; when Nina left for the United States where she was born to study, he went along with her, with high hopes. He would endure hardship after hardship in an attempt to make his way, suffering indignities and obstacles, until the joy was squeezed out of their adoration for each other, and their love careened on thin ice.

Could their love survive?