Tomorrow I Become a Woman

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<p><i><b>'</b></i><b>This story of love, loss and resilient female friendship is a definite must read.’</b><br> Tola Rotimi Abraham, author of <i>Black Sunday</i><br><br><b>‘Aiwanose Odafen’s novel has entered popular feminist discourse.’ </b><i>Afrocritik</i><br><br> On a Sunday in 1978, Obianuju meets Chigozie at church – the perfect place for an upstanding girl to find a husband. Uju is in her last months studying economics at the University of Lagos; Gozie is a journalist ten years her senior. Crucially, he is Igbo and meets her mother’s approval. Months later, they are married, and Uju’s life is set on a new course.<br><br> Over the next two decades, Uju and her friends Adaugo and Chinelo must navigate traumas both personal and political as they learn how to live on their own terms in a traditional society beset by turmoil.<br><br><i>Tomorrow I Become a Woman</i> is a nuanced and powerful story of friendship and resilience, set against the backdrop of a fast-changing Nigeria.<br><br><b>‘Searing and beautifully rendered.’</b><br> Koa Beck, author of <i>White Feminism</i><br><br><b>'Unflinching and cuts to the core.'</b><br> Chika Unigwe, author of <i>On Black Sisters Street</i><br><br><b>‘An accomplished and emotional triumph.’</b><br> Louise Beech, author of <i>How To Be Brave</i></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781398506145

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

197 x 127 x 29 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Simon & Schuster Ltd