Book excerpt: A Cry in the Sun is about two young women, united to overcome the limitations of cultural conditioning. Hanatu Samson is twenty-two years old. Her Papa has given her chance of a university education to her younger brother, Tim, and attempts to force her into a polygamous marriage to a wealthy entrepreneur, Benson Abraham. When Hanatu defies her father's wishes, she discovers a deep need to, also, defy the culture of silence over sexual abuse - her ten-year-old cousin, Esther, sobs for justice. Following the sudden death of her mother, Hanatu goes job-hunting, where she meets Karl Abraham. There is something so magnetic between Hanatu and Karl. True love emerges. He shares her determination to find justice for Esther.Meanwhile, Teresa Etebio is already trapped in a loveless marriage. She suffers constant abuse at the hands of her mother-in-law, Bimbo, from whom she has escaped FGM. However, Teresa is unable to save her step daughter, Lola, from the same ordeal, and when Teresa gives birth to a daughter, she must protect her infant from being mutilated. She leaves to find a new identity, and true love.