Second-Class Citizen

Fresh, timeless ... a lively work of art'' Observerbr>br>''Buchi Emecheta was the foremother of black British women''s writing . . . powerful fictions written from and about our lives'' Bernardine Evaristo br>br>''Most dreams, as all dreamers know quite well, do have setbacks. Adah''s dream was no exception, for hers had many''br>br>They nicknamed Adah ''the Igbo tigress'' at school in Nigeria, she was so fearless. Now she has moved to London to join her husband, and is determined to succeed. But her welcome from 1960''s England - and the man she married - is a cold one. Providing for her growing family, struggling to survive and negotiating everyday injustices along the way, Adah still resolves that she will never give up her dream of becoming a writer.br>br>''Bold, brave, defiant ... its exploration of blackness, the white gaze, and the development of the main character Adah''s sense of self is extremely powerful'' Gal-dem>

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Product details

• Authors: Buchi Emecheta
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.10.2021
• EAN: 9780241532683
• ISBN: 978-0-241-53268-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Nigeria, FICTION / Women, Narrative theme: Social issues, United Kingdom, Great Britain