Ghostroots: Stories and a growing secret addiction

and a growing secret addiction have thrown his marriage to his beloved Emily into a tailspin

rigorously researched but never stuffy

and what to do about it

and transcendence

Zahl helps readers understand the beauty and depth of grace

Ghostroots: Stories and a growing secret addictionIn this beguiling collection of twelve imaginative stories set in Lagos, Nigeria, 'Pemi Aguda dramatizes the tension between our yearning to be individuals and the ways we are haunted by what came before. In "Manifest," a woman sees the ghost of her abusive mother in her daughter's face. Shortly after, the daughter is overtaken by wicked and destructive impulses. In "Breastmilk," a wife forgives her husband for his infidelity. Months later, when she