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Title: Daughters Who Walk This Path
Author: Yejide Kilanko
Narrator: Claudia Alick
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-29-13
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes
Genres: Fiction, Literary
Publisher's Summary:
An authentic, wrenching novel chronicling a young girls coming of age in turbulent, bustling, contemporary Nigeria.
Spirited and intelligent, Morayo grows up surrounded by school friends and family in busy, modern-day Ibadan. An adoring little sister, their traditional parents, and a host of aunties and cousins make Morayos home their own, so theres nothing unusual about her charming but troubled cousin, Bros T, moving in with the family. At first Morayo and her sister are delighted, but in her innocence, nothing prepares Morayo for the shameful secret Bros T forces upon her.
Thrust into a web of oppressive silence woven by the adults around her, Morayo must learn to protect herself and her sister from a legacy of silence shared by the women in her family. Only her Aunt Morenike provides Morayo with a safe home and a sense of female community that sustains her as she develops into a young woman in a bustling, politically charged, and often violent country.
Critic Reviews:
"Uplifting. graceful and unmistakably authentic." (
Quill & Quire)
"[Kilanko] tells us stories about Nigerian womens emotional strength, their remarkable network of support and the travails that afflict many of them in a country where women still provide the domestic backbone. It is a book that can make you laugh and cry, and if you arent a feminist, Kilankos book will turn you into one - whether you're male or female. Kilankos characters are affecting and admirable; her storytelling agile and persuasive; her dialogue convincing and funny. Kilankos primary job in social work and child protection allows her a deep understanding of victimization. She leaves us with a sense of a Nigerian woman's heroism in the face of social prejudice. Morayo and her aunt Morenike walked us down a path we hope we will be able to meet them on again." (
Toronto Star)
