Mama Student

Mama Student is a mix of fictional and a powerful real-life narrative of a young Kenyan mother's journey abroad amidst the demands of being a wife and having young children. The story brings out several themes, including family life, education, career transition, migrating, and settling abroad. It is told beautifully and creatively, also telling some bits of her native country of origin and life in the Netherlands while still blending and sticking to the central theme-the life of being a mother and a student at the same time. As a mother, Mary Paul plunges headlong into her second degree, armed with nothing but the grace of God, an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and her burning desire to restore her previous career status in her country, but this time around with a complete career transition that will see her overcome untold challenges to finally achieve her goal. The story begins with a high-tech career, and along the journey, the story brings out the price she had to be who she finally became.

The Mama Student tale is one of enduring struggles and triumphs. It is the story of late nights spent writing code while the world sleeps, school runs, and study sessions melding seamlessly together, stolen moments of marital bliss amidst endless piles of work. It also brings out life abroad, offers very educative information, and sheds light on how life is abroad compared to Africa, where the author comes from. It is a story of love, family, education, travel, career, and motherhood.