The Joys of Motherhood

Buchi Emecheta

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English

Penguin
29 November 2022

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

A feminist literary classic by one of Africa's greatest writers

First published in 1979, The Joys of Motherhood is the story of Nnu Ego, a Nigerian woman struggling in a patriarchal society. Unable to conceive in her first marriage, Nnu is banished to Lagos where she succeeds in becoming a mother. Then, against the backdrop of World War II, Nnu must fiercely protect herself and her children when she is abandoned by her husband and her people.

Powerful, moving and profound, The Joys of Motherhood paints a rich, nuanced portrait of life in colonial Nigeria and dramatizes the changing role of women in the twentieth century.

By: Buchi Emecheta
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 202g
ISBN: 9780241578131
ISBN 10: 0241578132
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 29 November 2022
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 The Joys of Motherhood

I read and admired all her books ... The book I adored most was The Joys of Motherhood, for its sparkling intelligence and a certain kind of honest, lived, intimate insight into working-class colonial Nigeria -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie A scorching portrayal of a woman's life in pre-independence Nigeria . . . should be up there as the female, feminist counterpart to Chinua Achebe's celebrated and widely taught novel Things Fall Apart -- Bernardine Evaristo A rich, multilayered work of fiction, full of drama and written with deceptive simplicity * Essence * Writes with subtlety, power, and abundant compassion * New York Times * Fresh and relevant . . . expertly and sensitively shines a light on the distortion of traditional values -- Lola Jaye * Lit Hub *