The Chapel Beneath the Earth

<p><strong>The Chapel Beneath the Earth</strong><br><em>By Masela Harrison Ohoko</em><br><em>Genre: Literary Fiction | Coming of Age | Feminist Magical Realism</em></p><p><strong>Some truths are buried. Others grow roots.</strong></p><p>When thirteen-year-old Nela is sent to live in a remote village after a family tragedy she expects a season of quiet grief and distant relatives. But the earth beneath her new home tells different stories-stories that hum through the soil curl through tree roots and press against her chest while she sleeps.</p><p>There beneath the cracked foundations of an old chapel she finds something sacred and buried: a place forgotten by time and memory yet alive with the voices of women who once sang resisted and remembered.</p><p>Drawn deeper into visions whispers and dreams she cannot explain Nela must choose whether to ignore the pull of the earth or listen to what it has guarded for generations.</p>