Changes: A Love Story

ISBN: 1558610650

Author: Aidoo, Ama Ata

Condition: Used

A Commonwealth Prize-winning novel of intense power . . . examining the role of women in modern African society by the acclaimed Ghanaian author (Publishers Weekly).Living in Ghanas capital city of Accra with a postgraduate degree and a career in data analysis, Esi Sekyi is a thoroughly modern African woman. Perhaps that is why she decides to divorce her husband after enduring yet another mornings marital rape. Though her friends and family are baffled by her decision (after all, he doesnt beat her!), Esi holds fast. When she falls in love with a married man-wealthy, and able to arrange a polygamous marriage-the modern woman finds herself trapped in a new set of problems.Witty and compelling, Aidoos novel, according to Manthia Diawara, inaugurates a new realist style in African literature. In an afterword to this edition, Tuzyline Jita Allan places Aidoos work in a historical context and helps introduce this remarkable writer [who] sheds light on womens problems around the globe (Publishers Weekly).