Annnd she's back with another episode of Flip the Page. This week, we're gonna be tapping into Rootless by Krystle Zara Appiah.

Rootless is a literary fiction novel about societal pressures, motherhood, and sacrifice. Efe and Sam are the main characters who met in their teens entering university. After flirting around their attraction and connection, Efe and Sam eventually get together. Efe is someone who has always struggled under the overbearing pressure of her parent’s expectations and determining what she truly wants to do. She finds comfort in Sam, who on the flip side is stable in his career and has a clear vision of his and their future. Unfortunately down the line, Efe realizes the future Sam has mapped out for them is not one she wants. 

Cue an unplanned pregnancy entering the chat. Sam wants to keep the baby. Efe, who has just grasped her dreams career-wise for the first time, does not. Finding the idea of motherhood suffocating and her dreams slipping from her hands, Efe disappears.

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