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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:To protect her daughter from the fast life and bad influences of London, her mother sent her to school in rural Ghana. The move was for the girls own good, in her mothers mind, but for the daughter, the reality of being the new girl, the foreigner-among-your-own-people, was even worse than the idea. During her time at school, she would learn that Ghana was much more complicated than her fellow ex-pats had ever told her, including how much a London-raised child takes something like water for granted. In Ghana, water “became a symbol of who had and who didnt, who believed in God and who didnt. If you didnt have water to bathe, you were poor because no one had sent you some.” After six years in Ghana, her mother summons her home to London to meet the new man in her mothers life—and his daughter. The reunion is bittersweet and short-lived as her parents decide its time that she get to know her father. So once again, shes sent off, this time to live with her father, his new wife, and their young children in New York—but not before a family trip to Disney World. Review:"When her single mother 'needs a break,' London teenager Lila is sent to school in Ghana. Once at Dadaba Girls' Secondary School, Lila finds herself fending for a place among an unforgiving physical and emotional climate. Just as Lila is learning to appreciate the unusual joys of her new home, however, Lila's mother, having found a new boyfriend and a new home, yanks her back to London. Though Lila gets back to school, lands a job, and finds a boyfriend, she's once again shipped off, this time to live with her father in New York. Brew-Hammond uses sensual language to drop readers into each of Lila's strange new settings, crafting vivid portraits of dislocation and discovery. Though the evangelical undertones may turn off some readers and Lila's mom's issues (her aggression, her refusal to let Lila make any decisions for herself) are left largely unaddressed, the beauty of the prose and the resilience of the heroine make this a winning debut." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:Brew-Hammond attended secondary school in Ghana before moving to the U.S. and attending Vassar College. "Powder Necklace" is loosely based on her experiences as a multi-cultural student. About the AuthorNana Ekua Brew-Hammond has written for AOL, Parenting Magazine, the Village Voice, Metro and Trace Magazine. Her short story “Bush Girl” was published in the May 2008 issues of African Writing and her poem, “The Whinings of a Seven Sister Cum Laude Graduate Working Board as an Assistant,” was published in 2006’s Growing up Girl Anthology. A cum laude graduate of Vassar College, she attended secondary school in Ghana . Powder Necklace is loosely based on the experience. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
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