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Gwendolen (United Kingdom title) a 1989 novel by Nigerian-born writer Buchi Emecheta, [1] also known by its United States title The Family. It is her tenth novel.
Gwendolen (United Kingdom title) a 1989 novel by Nigerian-born writer Buchi Emecheta, [1] also known by its United States title The Family. It is her tenth novel.
Gwendolen, pet name June–June, is a young black Jamaican girl growing up with her maternal grandmother Naomi. Her African-ancestry parents Winston and Sonia Brillianton emigrate to England when she is still a child. Sonia does not claim her until Gwendolen is 11, paying for her passage to England.
In Jamaica, Gwendolen is sexually abused by a middle-aged neighbour Uncle Johnny. She tells this secret to her grandmother, who confronts the man and reveals it to the rest of their neighbours, thus bringing shame to Gwendolen.
In England, Gwendolen attends school and helps take care of her two younger brothers, Ronald and Marcus, and their youngest sister, Cheryl.
When her mother goes back to Jamaica for an extended visit to attend to her dead grandmother Naomi, Gwendolen is again sexually abused – this time by her father Winston. She becomes pregnant; however, it is believed that the baby belongs to Emmanuel, Gwendolen's teenaged Greek boyfriend. Gwendolen is institutionalized in a mental hospital after going hysterical, but she tells no one the parentage of her unborn child for fear that her father may be imprisoned. Coincidentally, Winston is killed in a work accident. After giving birth to a healthy daughter, Gwendolen names her "Iyamide", a Yoruba name meaning "My mother is here". Seeing their resemblance, Sonia then realizes her dead husband is the true father of Gwendolen's child.
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Second Class Citizen is a 1974 novel by Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta, first published in London by Allison and Busby, where her editor was Margaret Busby. It was subsequently published in the US by George Braziller in 1975. A poignant story of a resourceful Nigerian woman Adah who was belittled by everyone.While growing up her parents especially her father did not really want to send her off to school he thinks a woman's education is going to end up in her husband's kitchen Unlike her junior brother boy who was sent to school at an early age, after an incident she was allowed to go to school well what did you know she was a bright student after all after her primary school education she then proceeded to go to her secondary school ,she graduated from her secondary school she got married without a ring but she loved her husband Francis dearly she thinks she's going to be treated well by her husband Francis. He did treat her right ,but as soon as they got to London he changed towards her and her children Adah being a strong woman did not rely on her husband she overcomes strict tribal domination of women and countless setbacks to achieve an independent life for herself and her children, the novel is often described as semi-autobiographical. The protagonist Adah's journey from Nigeria to London – where despite atrocious living conditions and a violent marriage, she "finds refuge in her dream of becoming a writer" – follows closely Emecheta's own trajectory as an author.
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