At the core of Kenyan journalist Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu's debut novel Lucky Girl is the complex relationship between an African mother and her daughter, as seen through the latter’s eyes.
Soila's mother loved her profoundly and intensely, but Soila"had never been allowed close to her heart". At the core of Kenyan journalist Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu's debut novelis the complex relationship between an African mother and her daughter, as seen through the latter's eyes.
Mother has managed to create a materially rich life after losing her husband. She turned his bakery into a lucrative biscuit mill, manoeuvring around his greedy brothers and sexist society in 1980s Kenya. Armed with a secretary's diploma and grit, Mother has pulled her all-woman family out of poverty and rules the household with a cold, stern, self-flagellating Catholic grip. Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month.
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