{"product_id":"tomorrow-i-become-a-woman-aiwanose-odafen","title":"Tomorrow I Become a Woman (Aiwanose Odafen)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis story of love, loss and resilient female friendship is a definite must read.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tola Rotimi Abraham, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Aiwanose Odafen's novel has entered popular feminist discourse.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfrocritik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On a Sunday in 1978, Obianuju meets Chigozie at church - the perfect place for an upstanding girl to find a husband. Uju is in her last months studying economics at the University of Lagos; Gozie is a journalist ten years her senior. Crucially, he is Igbo and meets her mother's approval. Months later, they are married, and Uju's life is set on a new course.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Over the next two decades, Uju and her friends Adaugo and Chinelo must navigate traumas both personal and political as they learn how to live on their own terms in a traditional society beset by turmoil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTomorrow I Become a Woman\u003c\/i\u003e is a nuanced and powerful story of friendship and resilience, set against the backdrop of a fast-changing Nigeria.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Searing and beautifully rendered.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Koa Beck, author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unflinching and cuts to the core.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chika Unigwe, author of \u003ci\u003eOn Black Sisters Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An accomplished and emotional triumph.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Louise Beech, author of \u003ci\u003eHow To Be Brave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAiwanose spent a better part of her life wanting to become an economist, an accountant, then an entrepreneur before she discovered her love for writing. She has contributed to published non-fiction works and participated in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus Trust Writing Workshop. She was longlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize and holds a postgraduate degree from the University of Oxford. When she's not writing, she's cheering for Manchester United or watching dramas. Her debut novel \u003ci\u003eTomorrow I Become a Woman\u003c\/i\u003e will be published in 2022. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 416 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63410581930333,"sku":"K096395248","price":10.5,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/221991-9639524800001A.jpg?v=1770958939","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/tomorrow-i-become-a-woman-aiwanose-odafen","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}