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The Joys of Motherhood Buchi Emecheta

The Joys of Motherhood By Buchi Emecheta

The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta


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The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta

'A scorching portrayal of a woman's life . . . the female, feminist counterpart to Things Fall Apart' Bernardine Evaristo

'God, when will you create a woman who will be fulfilled in herself, a full human being, not anybody's appendage? ... when will I be free?'

There is no greater honour for a woman in an Ibo village than to have children - especially sons. Unable to conceive in her first marriage, Nnu Ego is sent away to a new husband in the city of Lagos, where she finally succeeds in becoming a mother. But things are changing, and a war that unfolds thousands of miles away threatens her family's fortunes and her entire way of life. In a world where motherhood is everything, what will be left for her at the end of it all?

'Sparkling intelligence and a certain kind of honest, lived, intimate insight into working-class colonial Nigeria' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


About Buchi Emecheta

Buchi Emecheta (1944-2017) was born in Lagos, Nigeria and moved to London in 1961. A writer and academic, she wrote sixteen novels, three children's stories and numerous articles and television plays.

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GOR012786489
9780241578131
0241578132
The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
2022-09-01
272
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