{"product_id":"gwendolen-by-buchi-emecheta","title":"'Gwendolen' by Buchi Emecheta","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"LR5Y_W_content markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"auto\"\u003eBuchi Emecheta’s \u003cem\u003eGwendolen\u003c\/em\u003e follows a Jamaican girl whose childhood is governed by poverty, then layered with the violence within what is supposed to protect her from it.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eLeft behind when her parents migrate to London, Gwendolen grows up in Jamaica under the care of her grandmother before eventually joining her family in England, carrying with her experiences that have already taught her what, and how badly, will fail a child.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eMigration in this book, is not a simple geographical move. England offers distance, possibility and a new family configuration, but it also throws race, gender and belonging into harsher relief. The novel tracks Gwendolen’s struggle to understand what has happened to her without allowing other people’s shame, disbelief or expectations to become the final account of her life. It is a novel about abuse, migration, Black girlhood, family power and the difficult work of acquiring a self when so much of that self has initially been spoken for by other people. The novel was later published in the US as \u003cem\u003eThe Family\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlamingo \/ Fontana Paperbacks, London, 1990. First Flamingo edition; originally published by William Collins Sons \u0026amp; Co. in 1989. Paperback. Light shelf wear and rubbing to covers and edges; minor handling marks. Internally clean and unmarked; binding firm. Very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50539781193811,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-09-25T112852.879.png?v=1790299755","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/gwendolen-by-buchi-emecheta","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}