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AWS Classics The Joys of Motherhood (Heinemann African Writers Series: Classics)

AWS Classics The Joys of Motherhood (Heinemann African Writers Series: Classics)

by Buchi Emecheta (Author)

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Synopsis

A bestselling title in Heinemann's long-established 'African Writers Series', this novel is now being published with a new introduction as part of the new series 'African Writers Series Classics'.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 20 Jun 2008
ISBN 10: 0435913549
ISBN 13: 9780435913540
Book Overview:

A powerful commentary on polygamy, patriarchy and women's changing roles in urban Nigeria.


Media Reviews
'...a graceful, touching, ironically titles tale that bears a plain feminist message.' John Updike, The New Yorker ' Buchi Emecheta is a born writer' The Sunday Times
Author Bio
Buchi Emecheta was born in Lagos in Nigeria. Her father, a railway worker, died when she was very young. At the age of ten she won a scholarship to the Methodist Girls' High School, but by the time she was seventeen she had left school, married and had a child.
She accompanied her husband to London where he was a student. Aged 22, she left him, and took an honours degree in Sociology while supporting her five children and writing in the early morning.
Her first book, 'In The Ditch' details her experience as a poor, single parent in London. It was followed by 'Second-Class Citizen', 'The Bride Price', 'The Slave Girl', which was awarded the Jock Campbell Award, 'The Joys of Motherhood', 'Destination Biafra', 'Naira Power', 'Double Yoke', 'Gwendolen', 'The Rape of Shavi' and 'Kehinde', as well as a number of children's books and a play, 'A Kind of Marriage' produced on BBC television. Her autobiography, 'Head Above Water', appeared in 1986 to much acclaim.