The Joys of motherhood : a novel / by Buchi Emecheta ; introduction by Stephane Robolin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: United Kingdom: Penguin Classics, 2022Edition: Second editionDescription: 224 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780241578134 (pbk.)
  • 9780807616253 (ebook)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.914 23 E533j
Contents:
The mother -- The mother's mother -- The mother's early life -- First shocks of motherhood -- A failed woman -- A man is never ugly -- The duty of a father -- The rich and the poor -- A mother's investment -- A man needs many wives -- Sharing a husband -- Men at war -- A good daughter -- Women alone -- The soldier father -- A mother of clever children -- A daughter's honour -- The canonised mother.
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Books Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Reference Stacks 823.914 E533j (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2022 01 Not For Loan 029128
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"First published in the United States of America in 1979 by George Braziller, Inc. Originally published in Britain by Allison & Busby Limited."

The mother -- The mother's mother -- The mother's early life -- First shocks of motherhood -- A failed woman -- A man is never ugly -- The duty of a father -- The rich and the poor -- A mother's investment -- A man needs many wives -- Sharing a husband -- Men at war -- A good daughter -- Women alone -- The soldier father -- A mother of clever children -- A daughter's honour -- The canonised mother.

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