A Wasted Land

I think the title of this story should be "A Wasted Life". The main character of this story is telling the tale of her uncle who has been leading a double life in England. He is mentally ill and suicidal when he arrives home back to Africa. Come to find out he is married with a family, not only in his native land, but also is married with a family in England. When he eventually commits suicide my cutting his wrists I was angry. Mental illness is a horrible thing, but this man has left nothing but a wake of destruction in his path. Not only do both of his wives have to live with what he has done by his betrayal but his children have to try to accept it. The main character also talks about how the war in her country has cost her family so much. Her father has died soon after her country has won its independence and the family has been left in ruins by the debt that they have incurred. It seems to me that even though this family wasn't directly involved in the fighting they have still suffered losses. The strain of debt seems to have sucked the life right out of this family in a way that disabled them so severely that they never recovered.