Light is a 2015 award-winning short story by Lesley Nneka Arimah. You can read it online here. It begins,
When Enebeli Okwara sent his girl out in the world, he did not know what the world did to daughters. He did not know how quickly it would wick the dew off her, how she would be returned to him hollowed out, relieved of her better parts. Before this, they are living in Port Harcourt in a bungalow in the old Ogbonda Layout. Her mother is in America reading for a Masters in Business Administration.
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Delete...I can't imagine raising a daughter alone!
ReplyDeleteMe, either!
DeletePoignant.
ReplyDeleteYes, I think so, too.
DeleteThis sounds haunting. It makes me glad I'm single.
ReplyDeleteThis one's more about child-rearing and cultural issues involved in that and less about adult relationships with each other.
DeleteSounds intriguing! Stay safe, Valerie
ReplyDeleteIt's different from what I usually read, but variety is the spice of life :)
DeleteI'm staying in. Does that make me part of the "in crowd"? ;)