{"product_id":"9781035906055","title":"No Sweetness Here","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Aidoo, Ama Ata \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 06\/06\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 192 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781035906055,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of short stories sees Ama Ata Aidoo, one of Africa’s leading feminist and postcolonial writers, exercise the powerful effect of oral storytelling in her moving tales of shifting identities and the paradoxes of womanhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with vibrant candour and tenacity, No Sweetness Here tackles the challenges of postcolonial Ghana, with topics ranging from the politics of wigs to the fragile joy of motherhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection, tradition struggles against modernisation, convention against liberation and all the while, Aidoo invites the reader to confront life’s injustices with her characteristic humour and poise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Even at her gravest, Aidoo writes with a sunny charm.' New York Times 'Beautifully written.' English Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43449699794988,"sku":"9781035906055","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781035906055.jpg?v=1717229722","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781035906055","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}