Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngoz

Description: Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today – written as a letter to a friend. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today – written as a letter to a friend. A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichies letter of response.Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions–compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive–for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and sexuality; debunking the myth that women are somehow biologically arranged to be in the kitchen making dinner, and that men can "allow" women to have full careers, Dear Ijeawele goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first century. It will start a new and urgently needed conversation about what it really means to be a woman today.Take note world. When Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells you to listen, you listen STYLIST Notes When Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from an old friend asking for advice on raising her baby girl as a feminist, it set in motion a response comprised of fifteen suggestions for leading young girls towards free and happy lives. Matters advised on here by the Americanah author include choices of toys, assumptions about who should make dinner, and the importance of maintaining agency over career decisions. The overall effect proves to be not only a valuable resource for parents, but an important outlining of principles for the feminism of a generation. Author Biography Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the author of Purple Hibiscus, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize, Half of a Yellow Sun, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction; and acclaimed story collection The Thing Around Your Neck. Americanah, was published around the world in 2013, received numerous awards and was named one of New York Times Ten Books of the Year. A recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria. Review Take note world. When Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells you to listen, you listen StylistDear Ijeawele reminds us that, in the history of feminist writing, it is often the personal and epistolary voice that carries the political story most powerfully – For me, the most powerful sentence in the book is its simplest, and comes in only the third paragraph. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie urges Ijeawele to remember to transmit to her daughter "the solid unbending belief that you start off with … Your feminist premise should be: I matter. I matter equally. Not if only. Not as long as. I matter equally. Full stop."..there is no doubt that if we raised all of our daughters to believe completely that they "matter equally", to trust what they feel and think and to worry less about how they look and come across, we would soon find new ways to challenge the multiple injustices and indignities that still limit, and even wreck, so many womens lives New StatesmanPraise for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie:The book Id press into the hands of girls and boys, as an inspiration for a future "world of happier men and happier women who are truer to themselves" Books of the Year, IndependentA writer with a great deal to say The TimesHere is a new writer endowed with the gift of ancient storytellers Chinua AchebeAdiche [has] virtuosity, boundless empathy and searing social acuity Dave Eggers Promotional The Inspiring Guide to Raising a Feminist Review Quote Take note world. When Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells you to listen, you listen Stylist Dear Ijeawele reminds us that, in the history of feminist writing, it is often the personal and epistolary voice that carries the political story most powerfully - For me, the most powerful sentence in the book is its simplest, and comes in only the third paragraph. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie urges Ijeawele to remember to transmit to her daughter "the solid unbending belief that you start off with . . . Your feminist premise should be: I matter. I matter equally. Not if only. Not as long as. I matter equally. Full stop."..there is no doubt that if we raised all of our daughters to believe completely that they "matter equally", to trust what they feel and think and to worry less about how they look and come across, we would soon find new ways to challenge the multiple injustices and indignities that still limit, and even wreck, so many womens lives. New Statesman Praise for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The book Id press into the hands of girls and boys, as an inspiration for a future "world of happier men and happier women who are truer to themselves" Books of the Year, Independent A writer with a great deal to say The Times Here is a new writer endowed with the gift of ancient storytellers. Chinua Achebe Adiche [has] virtuosity, boundless empathy and searing social acuity Dave Eggers Promotional "Headline" The Inspiring Guide to Raising a Feminist Feature The Inspiring Guide to Raising a Feminist * Following on from the phenomenal success of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichies WE SHOULD ALL BE FEMINISTS (TCM 77,000). * Chimamanda is now one of the most influential, respected author of our time. * Will be perfect till point purchase. Competition: Slay in your lane;Girl Woman Other;The Skills;Difficult Women;Queenie;Invisible Women;Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls;Feminists dont wear pink;Untamed;Becoming;Noughts and Crosses;Zikora. by;Roxanne Gay;Michelle Obama;Laura Bates;Caitlin Moran;Margaret Atwood;Malorie Blackman Details ISBN000827570X Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Pages 80 Year 2018 ISBN-10 000827570X ISBN-13 9780008275709 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-03-08 Imprint Fourth Estate Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 305.42 Media Book Language English UK Release Date 2018-03-08 Illustrator Felicia Bond Birth 1949 Death 1976 Affiliation San Diego State University Position Professor of English Qualifications M.D. Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Alternative 9780008241025 Audience General AU Release Date 2018-04-02 NZ Release Date 2018-04-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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