In the Ditch

Buchi Emecheta

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Penguin Classics
15 September 2023

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

A moving tale of hope and survival in the 1960s, where race and class collide in the British welfare state

Adah's life in London has not turned out as she had imagined when she moved from Nigeria to join her husband. Now that she is a single mother living in a dank, crumbling council state in North London with her five young children, her options are very limited indeed. The more Adah learns about the complicated system that keeps her family safe but trapped in poverty, the more determined she is to escape the confines of her new world and create a better life for her family.

In the Ditch, Emecheta's debut novel, began life as a column in the New Statesman. Drawing on first-hand experience, an unflinching eye for detail and unfailing sense of humour, Emecheta paints a moving picture of life for the most vulnerable families in British society- the difficult choices and false hopes as well as the unexpected friendships that prove essential for survival.

By: Buchi Emecheta
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 199mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 126g
ISBN: 9780241578124
ISBN 10: 0241578124
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 15 September 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Buchi Emecheta (1944-2017) was born in Lagos, Nigeria and moved to London in 1961. A writer and academic, she wrote sixteen novels, three children's stories and numerous articles and television plays.

Reviews for In the Ditch

Emecheta writes compellingly ... an extraordinary first novel -- Adrianne Blue * The Washington Post * Striking . . . a world rarely brought to life on the page with the candor and intensity of firsthand experience . . . brings sexism and classism into equal focus -- Lucy Scholes * The Paris Review * Bold, brave, defiant, and determined, Buchi Emecheta graced the world with her first novel in 1972 -- Eashani Chavda * gal-dem *

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