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BOOK REVIEW RUNDOWN: THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD


📖BOOK TITLE: THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD 

📖AUTHOR: BUCHI EMECHETA 

📖THOUGHTS&OPINIONS: 
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I read this some years ago, and when I saw Goodreads recommend it to me, I knew I had to read it again. All waves of nostalgia hit me as I read this book again ❤😍. 
This is a work of art, wonderfully written, and perfectly executed🤧😌.  

Ignorance is indeed the worst thing that can ever happen to a person. Gather knowledge and use it wisely. Just like when Adaku gathered a little knowledge, she knew she had to run (I perfectly understood why she had to leave), but Nnu Ego, the traditional wife to the core, held on to those old beliefs and thought her children would believe them too.

Parents, your children are not a retirement package; stop treating them as such!! Stop reminding them at every opportunity how much you sacrificed for them to be where they are. Trust me, they know how much you did for them and are still doing for them, and they are putting a lot of effort into whatever they are doing just so they can show you that your sacrifices for them are not in vain! Train your girl child, whether formally or vocationally. 

📖RATINGS: 4 STARS ⭐⭐⭐⭐

📖QUOTES:
♧In life you tortured him, teased him with your body. Now that he is dead, you cry for his manhood.





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