The Days We Long For

Author – Oluwabunmi A. Adaramola

Format – Paperback

Firefúnmi Sonuga is selectively mute. Raised in the shadow of her cold, demanding mother and a workaholic, emotionally absent father, Fire, at 24, has perfected invisibility. Jesufikunmi Oni is impossible to ignore. An old classmate with a bright and optimistic outlook that rivals her resignation to life, their worlds collide again at Fire’s Aunt’s 55th birthday party, and fate, with its cruel sense of humour, begins to throw them together at every turn until Fire hesitantly gives in to a simple friendship. Despite her instinct to keep him at arm’s length, Fikun is persistent.

Slowly, he draws her into his orbit, challenging her beliefs about herself and the world around her. As their friendship blossoms into something deeper, Fire’s past begins to resurface: the cracks in her fragile world deepen, and Fire is pulled back into old patterns of self-doubt and fear, threatening the bond she’s built with Fikun. As Fire battles with memories that bring her face-to-face with the darkest corners of her childhood, she must learn to navigate the space between the love she’s always longed for and the person she believes she can never be.