Nnu Ego is devoted to her children, giving them all her life - with the result that she finds herself friendless and alone in middle age. Zobraziť viac
'Fresh, timeless ... a lively work of art' Observer'Buchi Emecheta was the foremother of black British women's writing . . . powerful fictions written from and about our lives' Bernardine Evaristo 'Most dreams, as all dreamers know quite well, do have... Zobraziť viac
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... Zobraziť viac
When her father dies, Aku-nna and her young brother have no one to look after them. They are welcomed by their uncle because of Aku-nna's 'bride price' - the money that her future husband will pay for her... Zobraziť viac
Adah is a single mother of five, living in a dank, crumbling housing estate for 'problem families', avoiding the rats and rubbish. It's not quite the new start in London she had planned. As she navigates the complicated welfare system that keeps her... Zobraziť viac
