Description
Ellen Peng straddles two inescapable complexities in her young life and family – her status as the first born and role model for her younger siblings and her very complicated relationship with her mother, Lydia, who’s chosen to jeopardize her own future and that of her entire family. Lydia orchestrates the death of her husband in order to accommodate Tom, a younger, able-bodied and attractive lover in her life. Her insatiable epicurean lifestyle, coupled with her longing for self-aggrandizement make up the ingredients for her atrocious choices. How would Ellen respond to Tom and Lydia’s cat and mouse games that potentially, could lead to abysmal psycho-social suffering for the family and the larger community?
Praise for “Paradise of Love and Pain”
“Paradise of Love and Pain is a remarkably captivating story by a writer with an impressive depth for narrative storytelling that rewards the reader with a story that will stay in their memory long after they are done reading…”
-Oneurine Awantu, PhD
The ICT University
“This story delicately straddles the razor-thin subtlety between complex human emotions, deftly exploring the very different cuts made by the two-sided, double-edged love-hate, anger-joy, ecstasy-crime manifestations of human emotions…”
-Beatrice Epwene, PhD
Penn State University
“Paradise of Love and Pain is a depiction of real life drama prevalent in and outside the church in today’s society, featuring stories of romance between married couples and pastors, something society frowns on, yet it happens everywhere, everyday. If you ever wondered what happens when tradition and modernity clash, you should read this novel.”
-Gabby Njinimbot, E-JD
Author of How to Turn Small Resources into Big Dreams
Relindis Adeso (verified owner) –
Wow! Great novel. Very impressed. You touched most aspects of life, especially in our then beloved country. From religion, cheating spouses, fake pastors, politics, culture to traditions, just to mention a few……👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾. And of course romance. Some of your love scenes were very explicit. R rated. Lol!!!😆😆😆.
You did well! 👏.
Congratulations!!!! and more grease to your elbow. 🦾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👌🏾👌🏾
Nahnyama Nadesh (verified owner) –
I just completed reading the book. It’s an interesting story, very detailed though with a tragic ending.Couldn’t stop reading it at some point. I particularly sympathized with poor Ellen and George for the traumatizing treatment they experienced when their moms brought in their boyfriends. I was curious to see what will happen to Tom after all the atrocities but before I knew it, it was the end. I enjoyed the book though.
My question is, if the charm was effective and did work on Lydia, why was she still able to cheat on Tom?
Ernest Kaninjing –
Set in the early 1990’s Paradise of Love and Pain sheds light on contemporary Cameroonian society. The novel is a captivating, free-flowing prose riddled with metaphors and proverbs reflective of the Cameroonian landscape. A plot (and sub-plots) steeped in deceit, conflict, intrigue and retribution is unraveled via characters as complex as the society it portrays. Full of surprise and suspense the novel captivates the reader from the first page and leaves you with unanswered questions at its conclusion. Highly recommended for High School literature students in Cameroon.
Dr. Ernest Kaninjing.
Protais Tala (verified owner) –
Congratulations to my brother and friend Dr Langmia for another great delivery!!!
Our society just got explained one step further👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Veronica Ayukegba Akwe (verified owner) –
Please read it, buy more copies, share and recommend to your friends as well
Eric –
Beautiful piece of literature!
Ukaiko Ojiambo –
Well-appraised by those who have read it. Congratulations to the author. Looking foward to purchasing my copy later in the year.
Taitus Nuvaga (verified owner) –
It’s an interesting story, very detailed. Couldn’t stop reading, Full of surprise and suspense though not quite a happy ending. i recommend Paradise of Love and Pain to all it’s a great story.
Theodora Nyamboli –
It’s a play of the norms and values of real relations between culture and religion. Such an interplay of characters… Read on
Joana Tala, MD –
This sounds like a great read from what I’ve heard. Congratulations Dr. Langmia