Category: Book Reviews
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Gifty was ten years old when she wrote about Nana throwing terrible tempers, smashing the home’s TV, punching the wall, and using abusive language. Their mom could not help Nana, nor get help for him. Gifty wrote about this in her secret diary. Later, in her narrative, she wrote Nana “died of a heroin overdose…
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Gifty is the nickname of the narrator in Transcendent Kingdom The book title means beyond the range of normal human experience. Gifty’s life with her family, friends and surrounding circles, are full of abnormal experiences. Her mother has retreated into her own world of being infantile; she sleeps or lies down on the bed most…
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Gifty’s dad was called the Chin Chin man because he used to hang around Gifty’s maternal grandma’s food stand. He would spend time persuading the elder woman to gift him a free bag of achomo, which the locals call as chin chin. In Ghana, Nigeria and some parts of Africa, the achomo is nicknamed as…
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Authors Portraits broadly include the category of poets. Done in the style of sketch, doodle, painting, collage, mixed media. After a long stretch of reading and writing, I take a break and make simple art. It is self gratifying. A – Z Authors’ Portraits is my series on the writers who I’ve read and reviewed…
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Thursday, April 16, 2026 highlights letter N In this #AtoZChallenge2026, we started with Letter A on April 1st and have continued daily, except on Sundays. Julian of Norwich saw some very special images which she meditated on and she came to conclude some revelations Julian lived from 1342, Her exact year of death is uncertain…
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The local newspaper editor, Mr Brochmann, told Tove he would hire her in 2 years’ time, after she has grown older and mature. He died before he could fulfill his promise. (p. 110) Tove cried out of disappointment. I would cry too if I lost a job offer. Amazon sells Ditlevsen’s books:
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Tove Ditlevsen’s first job was a child minder and house maid. Ditlevsen worked for a married mother, who was also flirting with a man in her home. How long did Tove work in her first job? Tove worked for only one day for her first employer. Why did Tove quit her first job? She was…
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Tove Ditlevsen’s second job Tove Ditlevsen’s second job was a kitchen helper in a boarding house, operated by Mrs Petersen and her daughter, Miss Petersen. Are you interested to read Ditlevsen? Amazon sells Ditlevsen’s books If you buy from this weblink, I may earn a token commission.
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How did Elisabeth destroy Christenze a second time? Christenze was beheaded but yet she could speak. “Behind her (Elisabeth), Christenze’s head rolls out of the fire ……. The head speaks …….” (Ravn, p. 176) Although Elisabeth has betrayed her and the other women, Christenze has forgiven her and in fact, invites her to change. Christenze…
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Ousse was burned in a bonfire (Ravn, p. 25) My copy of The Wax Child: Amazon sells this I may earn a token commission if you buy from this link. Related Post: