The joys of motherhood

Summary: The story is set primarily in Lagos, Nigeria, between the 1930s and 1960s. Nnu Ego, a hard-working, optimistic Ibo woman, remains fiercely determined to save her children from the devastation of war, the erosion of village life, and the breakdown of tradition.

Record details

ISBN: 0807616230
ISBN: 9780807616239
ISBN: 0807616095
ISBN: 9780807616093
ISBN: 9780807609507
ISBN: 0807609501
ISBN: 9780807609149
ISBN: 0807609145
Physical Description: 224 pages ; 22 cm
print
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : G. Braziller, 1979.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

1. The Mother -- 2. The Mother's mother -- 3. The mother's early life -- 4. First shocks of motherhood -- 5. A failed woman -- 6. A man is never ugly -- 7. The duty of a father -- 8. The rich and the poor -- 9. A mother's investment -- 10. A man needs many wives -- 11. Sharing a husband -- 12. Men at war -- 13. A good daughter -- 14. Women alone -- 15. The soldier father -- 16. A mother of clever children -- 17. A daughter's honour -- 18. The canonised mother.

Additional Physical Form available Note:

Also issued online.