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Soulful Return: A Conversation with Author Fidelis Mkparu
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FIdelis O. Mkparu is a Nigerian immigrant to the US, and in this novel, he sets out to speak to his experiences and those of his fellow immigrants.
He is a professor of Medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University and a senior attending cardiologist at Aultman Hospital and Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio. Previously, he was a Spaulding fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard Medical School. His preceding novels include Love’s Affliction and Tears Before Exaltation (Colorado Independent Publishers Association EVVY Awards Winner, Literary & Contemporary Fiction 2018).
To learn more about Fidelis Mkparu and his work visit his website at https://fidelismkparu.com.
TOPICS OF CONVERSATION:
- About Soulful Return and the inspiration behind the story/
- Writing a fictional accounting versus a memoir or biography
- Reconnecting with his family, homeland and soul
- The struggle of immigrants
- Growth as a writer
- What's next for Fidelis Mkparu?
SOULFUL RETURN
Amazon synopsis: "The hounding voice inside me would not let go."
Thus begins the emotional journey of Afamefuna Onochie Nwaku a Harvard-trained medical doctor with a career most can only dream of, a loving wife, and supportive family. Then, after he receives a telephone call from his sister who lives in Nigeria that her life is being threatened.
Left with no other fair choice, Afam leaves behind his family, throwing his marriage into turmoil and risking the life he has built in Boston. Instead of the Nigeria that he loves, that he needs, he finds a land and people he barely recognizes waiting for him. Afam decides to stay but realizes that his future in Nigeria is as murky as the River-Niger after a torrential tropical rainfall.
As Afam sets out on a journey to reconnect with the family and heritage that he left behind, he must face new enemies in an increasingly corrupt Nigeria where many people see him as an American intruder. And through it all, he must fight to keep his family together—and alive.
CONNECT WITH FIDELIS MKPARU:
Website: https://fidelismkparu.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fidelis.mkparu
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fidelismkparu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fidelis-mkparu-md-facc-fase-fasnc-58545938/
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