{"id":647615,"date":"2021-01-25T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T09:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=647615"},"modified":"2021-01-25T09:33:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T09:33:19","slug":"book-struggles-of-a-dreamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/book-struggles-of-a-dreamer\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: Struggles of a Dreamer&#8230; This novel will inspire you! Who will triumph, an ancient tradition or a dream?StrugglesofaDreamer.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>BOOK: Struggles of a Dreamer&#8230; This novel will inspire you! Who will triumph, an ancient tradition or a dream?<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/strugglesofadreamer.com\/\">StrugglesofaDreamer.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-647618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/smDZGzPw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/smDZGzPw.jpg 528w, https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/smDZGzPw-55x55.jpg 55w, https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/smDZGzPw-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/smDZGzPw-115x115.jpg 115w, https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/smDZGzPw-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Struggles of a Dreamer: The Battle between a Dream and Tradition<br \/>\n, the first book of the trilogy, the stories of Tunde, a beggar on the streets of New York City, and Toku\u2019te, the son of a farmer in a faraway land, are woven together in a charming tale full of intriguing characters and<br \/>\nadventure. You will encounter the struggles of a dreamer as he faces the challenges of the limiting boundaries of his tradition. You will laugh, cry, experience romance, be frightened, and be held in suspense as you find out how Toku\u2019te manages to remain afloat in a world that requires everyone to fit the same mold.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/r1r1az.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Reviews:<br \/>\n\u201cSome of his writing reminds me of Og Mandino\u2019s writing in The Greatest Salesman in the World. Og was a close friend of mine and I am certain he would have enjoyed Yahaya\u2019s style.<\/p>\n<p>Struggles of a Dreamer<br \/>\nis a novel but also very inspirational.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Bob Proctor, star of the hit movie The Secret<br \/>\n\u201cBefore you start reading Struggles of a Dreamer, make sure you have a lot of time on your hands because you will be glued to it from start to finish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Janel Slater, RN, Toronto, Ontario<br \/>\n\u201cYahaya\u2019s first effort as a writer is gripping, inspiring, compelling and mature beyond his years. This is the sign of the new wave of young writers, and Yahaya leads the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Maxim P. Weithers, four-time North American Squash Champion and President of Life Happyness Consultants<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/r1r1a.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Yahaya Baruwa is the bestselling author of<br \/>\nStruggles of a Dreamer: The Battle between a Dream and Tradition, Tunde: A Man of Lost Ambition and The Adventures of Ellie \u2014 the first, second and third novels of his inspirational trilogy.<\/p>\n<p>Born and raised in Kano, Nigeria, Yahaya immigrated to Canada in 2001,<br \/>\nat the age of twelve, with his family, who came to pursue greater<br \/>\nopportunities. Yahaya is a graduate of York University and today is a<br \/>\npassionate businessman who established his publishing company at the<br \/>\nage of 22. The author began selling his first book door-to-door knocking<br \/>\non over 27,000 doors in Toronto. He has since found success selling his<br \/>\nbooks with Indigo-Chapters, Canada\u2019s largest bookstore with almost<br \/>\n50,000 copies of his books sold. The majority of which were sold and autographed\u2014one book at a time\u2014by the author himself.<\/p>\n<p>He lives and works in Toronto. Yahaya is on a mission to inspire 100 million readers with the courage to take a chance on themselves to do what they are afraid to do in life, today \u2014that they may be at peace with themselves, tomorrow. This is why he has written these easy to read inspirational novels, the Struggles of a Dreamer trilogy, books about taking a chance on a dream against the odds.<\/p>\n<p>Start reading the first book for free \u2014get the first 25 pages at<br \/>\nStrugglesofaDreamer.com Watch his CBC National TV interview with George Stroumboulopoulos here: www.cbc.ca\/strombo\/videos\/guest-interview\/yahaya-baruwa<\/p>\n<p>Website: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/StrugglesofaDreamer.com\">StrugglesofaDreamer.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOOK: Struggles of a Dreamer&#8230; This novel will inspire you! Who will triumph, an ancient tradition or a dream?StrugglesofaDreamer.com In Struggles of a Dreamer: The Battle between a Dream and Tradition , the first book of the trilogy, the stories of Tunde, a beggar on the streets of New York City, and Toku\u2019te, the son [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":647619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-647615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ulster-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647615"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":648059,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647615\/revisions\/648059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}