The teller of secrets : a novel / Bisi Adjapon.
"In this stunning debut novel, Esi, a feisty Nigerian-Ghanaian girl growing up amid political upheaval in postcolonial Ghana, begins to question the hypocrisy of the patriarchal society that surrounds her, and the restrictions and unrealistic expectations placed on women"--
Late 1960s, Ghana. Young Esi Agyekum is as tight-lipped about her father's adultery as she is about her half-sisters' sex lives. After she is humiliated and punished for her own sexual exploration, Esi begins to question why women's secrets and men's secrets bear different consequences. As she navigates her burgeoning womanhood, Esi tries to reconcile her own ideals and dreams with her family's complicated past and troubled present, and fights to carve out her own identity against their society's double standards. -- adapted from jacket
Record details
- ISBN: 0063088940
- ISBN: 0063088991
- ISBN: 9780063088948
- ISBN: 9780063088993
- Physical Description: 341 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First HarperVia edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Originally published as Of women and frogs by Kachifo Limited under the Farafina imprint in 2018"--Title page verso.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC ADJAPON (Text) | 36015001837497 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | FIC ADJAPON (Text) | 36015001837505 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bordeaux Library | F ADJAPON (Text) | 31781067157014 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC Adjapon (Text) | 37807000032473 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cliffdale Library | F ADJAPON (Text) | 31781067157022 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | F ADJ (Text) | 900000000951153 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | ADJ (Text) | 33258010099972 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hocutt-Ellington Memorial Library | FIC Adjapon (Text) | 39523000236279 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| North Asheville Library | F ADJ (Text) | 0020513101814 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Pack Memorial Library | F ADJ (Text) | 0020513087427 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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