Regrets by Ralph Nyadzi is a must read. The challenges people face in their relationships are universal – adulterous husbands and unfaithful girlfriends. suspicion and vindictiveness, broken promises and wild accusations.
But are the reactions also universal? This is just one of the well-known thorny relationship issues this African story attempts to unravel.
Regrets
Regrets by Ralph Nyadzi is an African love story told for a global audience. Each character makes a valiant effort to help you not only to understand but also to enjoy their unique West African way of speaking English.
Regrets is a fast-paced, heart-wrenching watch-yourself-from-the-edge-of-that-seat romance from behind the local street corners of rural Africa.
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This exotic setting right in the cradle of human civilization is a refreshing break from your familiar urban romance set in Seattle, Manhattan, East London or Paris.
Regrets is a romance fiction spiced with subtle hints at the monumental role superstition and the belief in witchcraft continue to play in relationship matters across the world.
Let me give you just a brief peep into some of the questions you will be confronted with as you go through the pages of this book, never wanting to put it down until you get to the last word.
You will not leave it until you’re through with it.
What would a man do when a total stranger walks up to him and alleges that his fiance has evil powers that could threaten his life at any moment?
What is it that would make a man do the unthinkable to the woman he once swore by heaven and earth to love?
Who is to blame for the woes of a heart-broken 22-year-old young woman with a promising future before her? Is it her doting sister who pushed her into a relationship destined to destroy them both? Or it’s her naive teacher-lover who has been rendered powerless by a scheming fallen angel?
Overview
A quiet Ghanaian community woke up one early morning to the news of the body of a certain strange man hanging lifeless from the branches of a solitary tree on the outskirts of the town.
The question on everybody’s mind that rainy morning was this: Why would a stranger do this to himself on a land where nobody seemed to know him – until Mariama, the town’s undisputed gossips championship title holder, arrived at the scene?
A retired teacher who occupied a congested single- room apartment choked with ancient personal effects could provide some answers – just.
What’s in Regrets by Ralph Nyadzi
A male teacher’s duty is to teach, no doubt about that. But being human, he also needs to love. So they do, but often with tragic consequences in more ways than you would ever imagine.
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This is a love story told by one writer who knows what is involved in being a young teacher with a promising future and with a need for a woman to love.
Ralph Nyadzi is the author of Regrets. It is a story told with great care and compassion for the characters involved, regardless of the nature of their actions and the motives that drive those actions.
Teachers, both male and female, in all remote corners of the world know a familiar story. It is secret, and it is profoundly personal.
This is why they hardly tell others. Either they lived through it personally, or they saw a colleague stumble through it without any clues. The scars left on their memories are big and deep because the experiences can be overwhelming.
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Is the reluctance to tell this familiar teacher-story borne out of a feeling of guilt or regret? I leave it to you, the reader, to answer this question yourself when you’re through with Regrets.
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