Author : Buchi Emecheta
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,87 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780807616284
A young Ibo girl named Aku-nna flees an unwanted marriage to be with her true love, Chike, the son of a prosperous former slave. However, Aku-nna's uncle refuses the bride price from Chike's family, an action that frightens Aku-nna for it foreshadows her own death in childbirth.
Author : Mai Neng Moua
Publisher :
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 25,98 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781681340364
A principled decision brings unexpected consequences for a Hmong American woman struggling to reconcile the two cultures--and to be a good daughter while breaking the rules.
Author : Anne Mallory
Publisher : Avon
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,81 MB
Release : 2008-10-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061579134
Winner take all . . . Sebastien Deville, the debauched, dangerously handsome illegitimate son of the Duke of Grandien, has waited his whole life for revenge—and suddenly it is there for the taking. A competition sponsored by the ing has all the ton talking. The winner will receive an immense fortune, a newly created title, sponsorship, and a well-born bride—everything Sebastien needs to reclaim his mother's stolen lands and to wield the colossal power itching beneath his fingertips. His victory is all but assured . . . until he meets Caroline. Caroline Martin knows all about Sebastien, the legendary heartbreaker who leaves women weeping in his wake, and she is determined not to see him win the competition in which he would claim her friend as his bride. Yet sabotage is so very hard to concentrate on when the target's searing glances promise incredible pleasure and his skillful hands vow unimaginable desire. She knows the danger he presents, the temptation he offers, yet she is willing to risk everything for all she holds dear. But Sebastien Deville will do anything to win . . . and Caroline's heart may become the ultimate prize.
Author : Suzanne Popp
Publisher :
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 19,80 MB
Release : 2012-11-26
Category :
ISBN : 9780615709505
A teenage girl, Myrna Chitundu, dreams of becoming a doctor someday. She dreams of leaving the dusty African town of Blancville behind her and really changing the world, but she knows it will take a lot of hard work. Her hard work pays off when she is admitted to the Royal Academy - the first girl to ever be admitted to the prestigious all boys' school.But everything changes when Myrna discovers she is pregnant. Suddenly her well-ordered life begins to unravel. When an offer of marriage from a wealthy older man is presented to her family, Myrna knows what she must do - the bride price is too great for her family to refuse. Setting her own hopes and dreams aside, Myrna accepts marriage to a man she has met only once, who will take her far from the only home she has ever known. This sweeping novel of hope and redemption follows the life of three generations of Chitundus as they discover the powerful bond of family, faith, and love is not easily broken.
Author : Ruth Ann Nordin
Publisher : Ruth Ann Nordin
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 21,62 MB
Release : 2017-10-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
A mail order bride. A scarred settler. Will love stake its claim or send them packing? Angela Frank is tired of teaching other people’s children. Her job is a constant reminder that she has no family of her own and no prospects for a hometown husband. When she spies a mail order bride advertisement, she dreams of a life where her deformities are overlooked by a strapping Omaha frontiersman. She decides to risk everything for her last chance at a family… Sep Wilson carries scars from a troubled past. And while he’s not the marrying type, when he hears that an unscrupulous local is running a shady mail order bride scheme, he can’t help but intervene. But he never expected his good deed to end with him married to the mysterious Angela… The two outcasts may have finally found someone who can help them heal their past. But in uncharted territory, the chance for love may not be enough to keep them safe… The Bride Price is the first book in a series of high-spirited mail order bride Western romances. If you like fiery chemistry with a tender touch, gritty frontier settings, and unconventional heroes, then you’ll love Ruth Ann Nordin’s tale of love. Buy The Bride Price to journey to the heart’s unmapped territory today!
Author : Ottis Mubaiwa
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 44,74 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 164889058X
The tradition of Bride Price has been at the heart of marriage for many centuries in numerous cultures across the globe. The Dynamics of Bride Price presents new research data from Zimbabwe and the UK highlighting the transnational dimension of the practice, its diversity in different contexts and across generations, and its influence on the structure of gender relationships and inequalities. The transnational element of its investigation into the institution and traditions of African marriage sets this book apart from existing study and offers its readers a nuanced and complex understanding of the perceptions and experiences of Bride Price across diverse contexts. This original contribution will be of great interest to those studying and teaching courses on Gender and Development, as well as researchers and policymakers of cultural practices.
Author : Barbara Nadel
Publisher : Headline
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 27,72 MB
Release : 2022-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1472273524
Every relationship comes at a cost in this tense and gripping Turkish mystery from award-winning crime writer Barbara Nadel and featuring Ikmen - 'one of modern crime fiction's true heroes' The Times When jeweller Fahrettin Muftugolu is found dead in his apartment in the Istanbul district of Vefa, it looks like suicide. Searching the jeweller's home, Inspector Mehmet Suleyman and his team come across a hoard of extraordinary artefacts including solid gold religious relics and a mummified human head. But are they real and, if so, who owns these priceless possessions? As his colleagues begin their investigation, Suleyman is distracted by troubles of his own. His wedding to Gonca Serekoglu is days away, but when Gonca receives her bridal bedcover from a Roma haberdasher and discovers that it is covered in blood, she sees this as a curse on their marriage. Suleyman asks his old friend Cetin Ikmen to help him uncover the truth, but the task is not that simple... Meanwhile, as the stories swirling around Muftugolu become increasingly sinister, the dead man's wife appears, laying claim to his valuables, and Suleyman is drawn into a dark and dangerous world of smuggling and savagery . . .
Author : Michelle Reid
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 25,72 MB
Release : 2019-01-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1488051445
Read this classic, passionate romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Michelle Reid, now available for the first time in e-book! Forced to marry! When Mia Frazier agrees to her father’s demand to marry Greek millionaire Alexander Doumas, she knows both men stand to gain from the deal—Alex will win back his family’s island, and Mia’s father will get the grandson and heir he so desperately longs for. But what about Mia? She has her own reason for agreeing to be Alex’s wife—which is not financial gain, as Alex cynically believes. But how can the truth stay hidden, when she shares such intense passion with her new husband…and is now carrying his child? Originally published in 1998
Author : Jack Goody
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,81 MB
Release : 1973-12-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780521201698
In these insightful 1973 papers two leading authorities make a wide-ranging review of ideas and materials on bridewealth and dowry.
Author : Marie Umeh
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 11,78 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN :
This book is about Marie Umeh who specializes in Literature of the African World, Emecheta's astronihing achievements in fiction, autobiography, children's literature, and drama will now find the readers they so clearly deserve.
