{"product_id":"9780241578131","title":"The Joys of Motherhood","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Emecheta, Buchi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eNigeria\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 1 September 2022 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Modern Classics' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 22 | 204g\u003cp\u003e'A scorching portrayal of a woman's life . . . the female, feminist counterpart to Things Fall Apart' Bernardine Evaristo'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?'There is no greater honour for a woman in an Ibo village than to have children - especially sons. Unable to conceive in her first marriage, Nnu Ego is sent away to a new husband in the city of Lagos, where she finally succeeds in becoming a mother. But things are changing, and a war that unfolds thousands of miles away threatens her family's fortunes and her entire way of life. In a world where motherhood is everything, what will be left for her at the end of it all?'Sparkling intelligence and a certain kind of honest, lived, intimate insight into working-class colonial Nigeria' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emecheta, Buchi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52334007025848,"sku":"9780241578131","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780241578131.jpg?v=1764325359","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780241578131","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}