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Between Sisters

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When sixteen-year-old Gloria fails thirteen out of fifteen subjects on her final exams, her future looks bleak indeed. Her family’s resources are meager so the entire family is thrilled when a distant relative, Christine, offers to move Gloria north to Kumasi to look after her toddler son, Sam. In exchange, after two years, Christine will pay for Gloria to go to dressmaking school.

Life in Kumasi is more grand than anything Gloria has ever experienced. She joins a youth band at church — something that allows her to pursue her great love, singing — and Christine has even promised to teach her to read.

But Kumasi is also full of temptations — the owner of a popular clothing shop encourages her to buy clothes on credit, and the smooth-talking Dr. Kusi offers Gloria rides in his red sports car. Eventually Gloria is betrayed by the people around her and is disillusioned by her new life. But in the end she decides who she can trust, and draws her own considerable inner resources to put the bad experiences behind her.

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About the author

Adwoa Badoe trained and practiced as a physician in her native Ghana, but since coming to Canada, she has naturally evolved into an author, storyteller, educator, and African dance artist whose vibrant and infectious performances make her hugely popular with children and adults alike. 

Adwoa’s first Childrens book, Crabs for Dinner was published in 1995.  Since then she has published over 14 books including The Queen’s New Shoes, The pot of wisdom and Nana’s Cold Days. She also writes for markets in Africa through Macmillan Educational and Smartline Publishing: Memuna’s Baby, A Wedding Story, Radio Rescue and Street.

She currently lives in Guelph Ontario.

Author

Adwoa Badoe

Publisher

Smartline

ISBN

9789988840426

Date

2013

Format

Paper back

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