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I Am Change

They told her that her body belonged to men and her mind didn’t matter. They were wrong.

“What if I don’t want to marry?” Lillian held her breath. She had never said the words out loud. “Not want to marry?” Her aunt frowned. “What else would you do?”

Set in a Ugandan village, Lilian has learned to shrink herself to fit other people’s ideas of what a girl is. In her village a girl is not meant to be smarter than her brother. A girl is not meant to go to school or enjoy her body or decide who to marry. Especially if she is poor.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781925126839
  • Genres
  • contemporary, africa, feminism, family, cultural, abuse
  • Release date
  • 2019