In the late 1960's, Adah, a spirited and resourceful woman manages to move her family to London.
Seeking an independent life for herself and her children she encounters racism and hard truths about being a new citizen.
Second Class Citizen pales a lot of academic feminist writing into insignificance.
-The GuardianEmecheta's prose has a shimmer of originality, of English being reinvented.
Issues of survival lie inherent in her material and give her tales weight.
--John Updike.
