A devastating revelation made when she was sixteen, sends New Yorker Chantelle Pointer to Nigeria ten years later, to find the woman who gave birth to her. It seems like a straightforward quest, so Chantelle cannot understand why the circumstances of her birth seem to be shrouded in mystery. Everywhere she turns, she meets obstacles, and the one person capable of giving her any real information is playing cat and mouse with her. On the verge of giving up, she comes into possession of a DNA result that turns everything she has learned so far, upside down… Shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature for her drama Perfect Mother, Uduak Akpabio Umoren creates her trademark suspense and intrigue making, The Search an identity quest like no other.