In this incredible and compelling memoir, a child born into abject poverty in an African village dreams of coming to Canada, where he believes his destiny awaits him. The first of many daunting odds Kaanayo Nwachukwu has to outrun to realize this dream is to survive-unlike two less-fortunate older brothers-until his first birthday. Lavish and unstinting in his love and respect for his parents, Nwachukwu nonetheless determines at a very early age that, if he is going to break the crippling grip of poverty on his family, he must not repeat the limiting mistakes of his illiterate father....