{"product_id":"not-born-to-live-chris-ekpekurede-9781952269226","title":"Not Born to Live: Return of the Godly Stranger","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo stunning lookalikes create a stir when they accidentally meet again at the matriculation ceremony of their sons at Mount Zion University in Abuja. As soon as they see each other, they recall they met eleven years earlier under equally strange circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne promptly goes for the left ear of the other to confirm the presence of an unmistakable scar, a birthmark deliberately left there by the midwife who delivered them in order to distinguish one twin from the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey introduce themselves and render their separate accounts of the events that first brought them together. Curious admirers ask, \"Are you twins?\" But they can't answer because they don't know \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll they can do is stare at each other incredulously each time someone asks the question. They wonder who they are and why their paths keep crossing. Unknown to them, they were not born to live, but God was in the mix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNot Born to Live\u003c\/em\u003e is: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... a stirring story of prostitution and foster-parenting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... a strong advocacy for child rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The beauty of the book is in the steps taken by the lookalikes to discover their identities, and the discovery, coupled with the circumstances that surround their birth, will no doubt justify the suspense the reader experiences.\" \u003c\/em\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Oyeniyi Okunoye, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Bio: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA civil engineer with several fellowships, Chris Ekpekurede is a seminar speaker and publisher of six non-fictional books with numerous accolades. \u003cem\u003eGodly Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNot Born to Live\u003c\/em\u003e are his first novels. A third novel in the series is coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Ekpekurede\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952269229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952269226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Strategic Book Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.76d","brand":"Chris Ekpekurede","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44756824523007,"sku":"9781952269226","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_800e1c40-8a8a-464a-adef-f61fba941a1f.jpg?v=1706593929","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-born-to-live-chris-ekpekurede-9781952269226","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}