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The book revolves around the family of Ole Kaelo. Made of four members, the tight knit family has to leave Nakuru for their ancestral home Nasila after Ole Kaelo is retrenched from his 22 year-job at Agribix Limited. Ole Kaelo, who has two daughters Taiyo and Resian, is married to Mama Milanoi- a submissive unquestioning wife.

As the family relocates to the matrimonial home, Ole kaelo harbours delusions of grandeur in the family agricultural business he hopes to start, while the daughters hold on to the hope that their father would agree to take them to the university.

Oblivious to the girls and Mama Milanoi, Kaelo has literally sold his soul to the devil with the name Oloisudori Loonkiya. Moreover, the girls, having lived in Nakuru for over 20 years, have not undergone the cut- a mandatory custom among the people of Nasila. They are moving into Nasila as intoiye nemangalana (Uncircumcised girls)

With the desire to be recognized as an elder by his peers, Kaelo has to bide to the will of the people of Nasila. Firstly, he has to find a way to appease them by initiating her daughters- a tricky situation given their radical stance against the archaic tradition. Secondly, he has to prove he is a man of means.

Guided by the desire to be accepted into the community, Kaelo falls prey to the avaricious Oloisuduri who willingly gives him a loan. Known for his cavalier ways of exploiting people Oloisuduri asks to marry young Resian as payment for the loan he extended to Kaelo. Olosuiduri’s only condition is that Resian should be circumcised.

However, given Resian rebellious behavior, the two men agree to stage a ‘kidnapping.’ They couldn’t have been wrong, for Resian escapes and is rescued by Olarinkoi- a man who according to his mother’s prophecy- was the intended husband of Resian. When Olarinkoi tries to force himself to Resian she fights with him and she is left for the dead.

Throughout the book, characters take sides depending on their views about tradition. On his part, Kaelo sees that he has given the best to his daughters by giving them to the wealthy Oloisuduri. Given the muteness of Mama Milanoi, we can infer that she follows her husband’s lead without question.

Addressing the issues of women in society, the author tries to put young Resian on the lead in the struggle against chauvinism and what has been proscribed by certain societies as the ‘rightful position of women.’ With the aid of Minik- a woman who has devoted her time to fight women subjugation- the girls succeed in fighting for what they believe in. However, Taiyo barely makes it after she is brutally circumcised and left for dead

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