"Girl" by Edna O'Brien delves into the harrowing experience of the young women taken by Boko Haram. The story unfolds in the remote hinterlands of northeast Nigeria, recounting an appalling tale of captivity, atrocity, and starvation. It follows a gut-wrenching journey of escape through the dreaded wilderness and later, the bureaucratic maze and societal estrangement faced by a returned victim carrying the child of the enemy. Through the eyes of its protagonist, this novel exposes the raw reality of survival and the indomitable quest for human redemption.