The Power to Succeed

Sister Elizabeth Ngozi Okpalaenwe was born in Aba, Abia State in Nigeria. The Power to Succeed is her first novel Sr. Elizabeth Ngozi Okpalaenwe’s The Power to Succeed situates properly the importance of good and solid family upbringing of children both in seemingly impossible Christian principles and the folklore and traditions of the land. Such a product, Mercy Mbah, later called Dr. Mercy Adamu, becomes a source of joy and comfort to her family and her village as a whole. Mercy, an admirable solid character, stands as an icon for the young, demonstrating how they too can make it in life, provided they stand resolutely in the face of the myriads of today’s difficulties and challenges, and are determined to achieve nothing short of the best, and strive to imprint their names too on the pages of Christian history. This novel sustains full interest to the very end.