JOY OF WOMANHOOD

THE BOOK, JOY OF WOMANHOOD IS AN EPIC, FICTIONAL STORY THAT PORTRAYS THE UPS AND DOWN OF AN AFICAN WOMAN WHO STUGGLES TO FIND A CHILD IN ALL HER MARRIAGES. THE STORY BEGINS WITH HER BEEN INFLUENCED BY HER FELLOW CLASSMATE. SHE WAS INFLUENCED AND THIS COST HER HER WOMB AS SHE LOST HER WOMB DUE TO THE MANY ABORTIONS SHE HAD CARRIED OUT. DUE TO HER STATE, SHE GOT MARRIED TO HER FIRST HUSBAND,DAVID, BUT IT TURNED OUT SHE HAD A WICKED AND HEARTLESS MOTHER IN LAW WHO JUST WANTED HER OUT OF THE HOUSE. AFTER TRYING HER VERY BEST TO HAVE A CHILD, HER HUSBAND DAVID BROUGHT IN A NEW LADY WITH ALL HELP FROM HIS MOTHER. SOON FLOURISH WAS INTRODUCED TO ANOTHER MAN, JOSHUA. JOSHUA WAS ACTUALLY A VERY HANDSOME MAN WHO WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR A WOMAN TO GET MARRIED TO. FLOURISH FELL IN LOVE WITH JOSHUA INSTANTLY AND THEY BOTH GOT MARRIED BUT SOON AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE, JOSHUA STARTED SHOWING OFF HIS BAD SIDE, HE STARTED WOMANISING, STAYING OFF LATE AT NIGHT. THIS GOT FLOURISH ANGRY AS SHE FELT THAT SHE WAS BEEN CHEATED ON. WELL UNFORTUNATE FOR HER, JOSHUA TOLD HER TO HER FACE THAT SHE COULDN'T BEAR A CHILD FOR HIM AND THAT'S WHY HE WAS GOING OUT OF THEIR MATRIMONAL HOME. HE ANGRILY TOLD HER THAT HE ALREADY HAD THREE KIDS AND THAT HE WAS EXPECTING A FOURTH. HE TOLD HER THAT HE WAS GOING TO BRING THE OTHER WOMAN AND HIS KIDS INTO THE HOUSE. FLOURISH FELT HE COULDN'T DO IT, BUT TRUE TO HIS WORDS, HE EVENTUALLY BROUGHT THE WOMAN AND THE CHILDREN INTO THE HOUSE. AS SOON AS THEY CAME, THEY STARTED TREATING FLOURISH LIKE A SLAVE IN HER OWN MATRIMONAL HOME, SHE WOULD HAVE TO CLEAN THE DISHES AND DO ALL THE CHORES. BUT THERE WAS A MYSTERY YET TO BE UNVEILED. THE KIDS PATERNITY STATUS. FLOURISH HAD NOTICED THAT THE KIDS HAD NO RESEMBLANCE TO JOSHUA, I MEAN THEY WERE ACTUALLY HIS KIDS, THEY WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE HIM. WELL THAT WASN'T MYSTERY ANYMORE WHEN THE REAL FATHER OF THE CHILD CAME. THE HIDDEN FACT BEHIND THE KIDS PATERNITY STATUS, WAS THE FACT THAT THE NEW WOMAN MADE A DEAL WITH JOHN WHILE THEY WERE STILL IN SCHOOL. SHE WOULD PAY JOHN MONEY JUST TO SLEEP WITH HER. THIS CONTINUED FOR ALL THE FOUR KIDS THEY HAD. THIS PAINED JOSHUA AS HE FELT HE HAD BEING MISTREATING FLOURISH ALL THE WHILE, BUT FLOURISH WAS ALREADY TIRED OG THE RELATIONSHIP. INFACT SHE WANTED TO BE ALONE AS SHE FELT THAT SHE COULDN'T BE LOVED BY ANY MAN AGAIN IN HER LIFE, BUT THAT WAS AN ENTIRELY DIFFRENT STORY. HER LIFE AND LOVE STORY WERE ABOUT TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER WHEN SHE MET ENOCH WHILE SHE WAS ALONE ONE THE STREETS. ENOCH CAME LIKE A LIFESAVER AS HE HELPED HER TO GET A PLACE TO STAY. THEY BOTH FELL IN LOVE WITH EACHOTHER AND SOON HE PROPOSED TO HER. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN HE HAD EVER FALLEN IN LOVE WITH. FLOURISH WASN'T READY TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL AS SHE FELT THAT SHE COULDN'T BE ABLE TO BEAR A CHILD FOR ENOCH. SHE WAS AFRAID SHE COULD BREAK HIS HEART, AND THE FACT THAT SHE COULDN'T BEAR CHILDREN FOR HER PREVIOUS HUSBANDS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY."WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES, ANOTHER OPENS." THAT WAS THE CASE WITH FLOURISH, HER MARRIAGE WITH ENOCH BROUGHT INDEED JOY. AFTER ABOUT FOUR MONTHS OF THEIR MARRIAGE AND HAVING COME BACK FROM THEIR HONEYMOON, THEYCAME TO RECEIVE THE GREATEST JOY OF THEIR LIFE THAT FLOURISH WAS PREGNANT WITH TWINS. IT WAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE AND UNBELIEAVABLE NEWS THAT A WOMAN WHO WAS ONCE KNOWN AS A BARREN WOMAN WOULD NOW BE CALLED A MOTHER OF TWINS. WELL IT WAS ACTUALLY A MIRACLE AND ALL THANKS WAS GIVING TO GOD FOR MAKING ALL THESE HAPPEN. SOON FLOURISH CAME TO REALISE THAT IN EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS, THERE IS JOY IN BEEN A WOMAN.