The Journey Home

The Journey Home by Doreen Nelson, published by Minds Eye Publications on April 5, 2019, is a historical fiction novel that explores themes of identity and belonging. This edition spans 272 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows a 15-year-old girl from New Orleans who, while accompanying her missionary parents to Kenya, falls in love with a local boy from an untouched tribe. The story takes a poignant turn when her pregnancy leads to her return to New Orleans, where she faces the challenges of being an unwed mother.
Readers will find a compelling exploration of family and heritage as the plot unfolds seventeen years later, focusing on Chacha, the son placed in the foster system. After a life-altering dental visit, he embarks on a quest to discover his father and reconnect with his roots. The novel delves into the complexities of race and cultural identity, set against the backdrop of historical events. Through Chacha’s journey, the book presents a narrative rich in emotional depth and personal discovery.
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When a 15 year old Caucasian blonde haired, blue eyed girl from New Orleans accompanies her Christian missionary parents to the deepest forest in Kenya, Africa in search of those African tribes not yet affected by the Arabic influence, she meets and falls in love with a 17 year old African Waswahili boy that belongs to such a tribe. When her parents discover she is pregnant, they fly her back to New Orleans and place her in a home for unwed pregnant girls. Before she is forced to place her baby into the foster system, she insists on naming him what his father wanted him named….Chacha Boro. Seventeen years later, Chacha visits a dentist. On that visit, when lightning strikes the drill the dentist is using on Chacha’s back molar, his whole life undergoes a dramatic change. Having been told his mother was so heartbroken over having to place him into the foster system that she committed suicide at the age of 16, he is determined to find his father. So, at the age of 18 years, when he is kicked to the street by the foster system he grew up in with only the clothes on his back and his Birth Certificate in hand, he begins his journey to Africa to find his father and hopefully a sense of identity.
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