{"product_id":"changes-a-love-story-1","title":"Changes: A Love Story","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eChanges: A Love Story\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAma Ata Aidoo\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781558610651\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Feminist Press at CUNY\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1993\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e216\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Commonwealth Prize-winning novel of \"intense power . . . examining the role of women in modern African society\" by the acclaimed Ghanaian author (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLiving in Ghana's capital city of Accra with a postgraduate degree and a career in data analysis, Esi Sekyi is a thoroughly modern African woman. Perhaps that is why she decides to divorce her husband after enduring yet another morning's marital rape. Though her friends and family are baffled by her decision (after all, he doesn't beat her!), Esi holds fast. When she falls in love with a married man--wealthy, and able to arrange a polygamous marriage--the modern woman finds herself trapped in a new set of problems.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWitty and compelling, Aidoo's novel, according to Manthia Diawara, \"inaugurates a new realist style in African literature.\" In an afterword to this edition, Tuzyline Jita Allan \"places Aidoo's work in a historical context and helps introduce this remarkable writer [who] sheds light on women's problems around the globe\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"The Feminist Press at CUNY","offers":[{"title":"Changes: A Love Story | Ama Ata Aidoo | Paperback | 9781558610651 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks B 1778791","offer_id":49814892707992,"sku":"1778791","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81Mx2a7fiWL.jpg?v=1788541985","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/changes-a-love-story-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}