A review by rhiannonadmidas
Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta

4.0

This book reminds me of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith and The Awakening by Kate Chopin except from the perspective of an awakening African immigrant woman in London. A little slow to start but eventually very powerful. The ending isn't typically happy, but Adah was such a strong, perseverant, intelligent woman that there's just no chance she didn't eventually achieve her dreams and see her dreams for her children achieved.