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The fire within / Emmanuel Fru Doh.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Doh, Emmanuel Fru.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Unmarried mothers--Cameroon--Fiction.
Unmarried mothers.
Cameroonian fiction (English).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (217 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Mankon, Bamenda : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, c2008.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
In Africa, there is unrest, and possibly tragedy, when new trends clash with traditional values. With a curmudgeonly stepmother who harasses her even as she spoils her own biological daughter, Mungeu', the protagonist, blazes a path for herself in the face of many odds. But things go terribly wrong when she falls pregnant. The dilemma of whether or not to keep the pregnancy, given society's expectations, flings this young woman into direct confrontation with a life that is beyond her years. She is bent on succeeding: she will keep her baby, and with her training at a girls' craft center, start
Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Back Cover
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
1-283-19843-6
9956-716-71-5
9786613198433
9956-716-83-9
9956-615-69-2
OCLC:
830166035

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