Synopsis/Details
It looks at the various happenings in the world as mirrored in
politics, relationship and family. Like Muriel Rucksayer said: “our
universe is made up of stories, not atoms”, The World We Live in tells
the experiences of people whose activities are associated with
politics, family and relationship.
This five-chapter short-story collection contains the following
stories “Daniela Has Changed!” “Dad Loves Me”, “The Order of the Day”
and “See Life In Your Own Way”.
Chapter One explains how Daniela was on her way to being a loose
teenage girl, but a heart-to-heart talk with her parents made her turn
a new leaf for the better. They used their stories to change her
completely.
Chapter Two tells a story of six-year-old Jack whose father, Mr.
Phelps, divorced his mom, Jane, on grounds of infidelity. Because of
the effect of not having to see his mom, Jack poured out his
displeasure by beating and bullying his classmates. Mr. Phelps took a
subtle decision based on the report of Jack’s behavior by the
proprietress, Miss Dean, to make Jack a good boy. He succeeded by
doing the unusual…
Chapter Three narrates the plight of Carlos Alberto at the University
of Nassau, the Bahamas. Popularly called ‘The Conspiracy Theorist’,
his ideologies caused a lot of attention but the school authority took
a drastic measure to halt the activities of his group. Carlos was
arrested and after a while, he was released on grounds of good
behavior but only to discover that he was rusticated. He returned to
his native Bolivia to go through a life-changing situation…
Chapter Four recounts the story of a young man, Micah whose
frustration took the better of him. But with the ‘stern’ encouragement
from Floyd, his friend, he wrote an award-wining Rap song, ‘See Life
In Your Own’ for rapper P.R.O who went on to win The African Lyricist
of the Year.
Chapter Five unveils the literary experiences of a young Australian,
Martins. Through determination, persistence and his success
orientation, despite countless numbers of manuscript rejections and
discouragements from his friend, Charles, he went on to become the
first literary ambassador to the rest of the world. Martins' undying
quest to become a successful literary icon was motivated by the
success of a certain author he read about on the internet...
