Second Class Citizen
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4.4 • 16 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
The classic tale of a Nigerian woman who overcomes strict tribal domination only to encounter the hardships of immigration. Available again.
In the late 1960’s, Adah, a spirited and resourceful woman manages to move her family to London. Seeking an independent life for herself and her children she encounters racism and hard truths about being a new citizen. “Second Class Citizen pales a lot of academic feminist writing into insignificance.” –The Guardian
“Emecheta’s prose has a shimmer of originality, of English being reinvented....Issues of survival lie inherent in her material and give her tales weight.” --John Updike
Customer Reviews
VERY NICE
It’s a very nice book read it back in Sernjor High and I loved it
Wonderful, Heartbreaking, Powerful
Strightforward prose combines with a powerful story in “Second Class Citizen” to demostrate the true breadth of human cruelty and its answering human strength.