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Name: Things They Lost
Author: Okwiri Oduor

Ayosa lives in her grandmother’s dilapidated house, surrounded by a cast of lonely companions: the ghostly Fatumas, the sulky Jolly‑Annas, a silent milkman, and Sindano, the unseen café owner. A wandering and mysterious photographer, her mother Nabumbo Promise, moves in and out of Ayosa’s life without warning, adding to the sense of abandonment. A sudden friendship breaks Ayosa’s isolation, but the longing for her mother remains, anchoring the story at the crossroads of the spirit world and everyday reality.

First publish date: 2022

Genre: Literary Fiction/Surrealist Fiction

Authors: Okwiri Oduor

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