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Lola R. Opeyemi was born in Nigeria and has lived in London, Amsterdam and Kampala. She is a keen travel and architectural enthusiast and will travel pretty much anywhere for food and pretty buildings.

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Lola R. Opeyemi Um, I’m not sure I have a mystery per se. I would like to understand myself more. I suppose it’s what I try to explore in my books: the motivations be…moreUm, I’m not sure I have a mystery per se. I would like to understand myself more. I suppose it’s what I try to explore in my books: the motivations behind why people do things that they do. Emotional, familial or historical. (less)
Lola R. Opeyemi I don't deal with it. Some people say there is no writer's block. But I think there is, it's called fear.…moreI don't deal with it. Some people say there is no writer's block. But I think there is, it's called fear.(less)
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Wrap me in Trees

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Why I wrote the book The Secrets in the Walls

I wrote Secrets in the Walls as courage for broken people.

I know I’m not always surrounded by brokenness, but I’ve seen it, I’ve felt it, and I know how heavy it can be. Whatever your struggles are, I want you to know this: I see you. I hear you. You are not alone.

You are not defined by your struggles, by your pain, or by the shadows in your past. There is hope—for healing, for finding love, for f

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Published on September 20, 2025 16:13
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“Creating stories is about empathy. Art is empathy.”
T. Kenny, Wrap me in Trees

“The thing about a great book is, it leaves a sliver in your skin, an imprint in your mind’s eye that you always remember.”
T. Kenny, Wrap me in Trees

“When life gives you lemons, make limoncello.”
T. Kenny, Wrap me in Trees

“In situations that make you nervous, do your best and proceed; others before you have also been nervous.”
Curtis Sittenfeld, Giraffe & Flamingo

“In many ways, food was how my mother expressed her love. No matter how critical or cruel she seemed—constantly pushing me to be what she felt was the best version of myself—I could always feel her affection radiating from the lunches she packed and the meals she prepared for me just the way I liked them.”
Michelle Zauner

“Remember, be a good person, not a good girl. Good girls suffer a lot in this life.”
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, A Girl Is a Body of Water

“Stories are critical, Kirabo. The minute we fall silent, someone will fill the silence for us.”
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, A Girl Is a Body of Water

“When someone's been gone a long time, at first you save up all the things you want to tell them. You try to keep track of everything in your head. But it's like trying to hold on to a fistful of sand: all the little bits slip out of your hands, and then you're just clutching air and grit.”
Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before

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