Diaspora
Nigeria/UK
Contemporary
English
Fiction
Adah follows her husband to London only to find exploitation, racism, and domestic abuse. She writes a novel; he burns it. A fierce, semi-autobiographical account of immigrant life, motherhood, and the will to survive.
Literary Significance
Along with The Joys of Motherhood, establishes Emecheta as a foundational figure in Black British and African feminist fiction
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editorial-summarynot primary textAdah follows her husband to London only to find exploitation, racism, and domestic abuse. She writes a novel; he burns it. A fierce, semi-autobiographical account of immigrant life, motherhood, and the will to survive. Along with The Joys of Motherhood, establishes Emecheta as a foundational figure in Black British and African feminist fiction
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