Home |Register |Sign In Home Top Picks: All Books Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Price: $15.00 (Hardcover) MorePublished: March 07, 2017 Rating: 0.0/ 5 (0 votes cast) From the Publisher: 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.</p><p> A few years ago, ChimamandaNgozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, askingher how to raise her baby girl as a feminist.</p><p> Dear Ijeawele is Adichie'sletter of response.</p><p> Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions--compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive--for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman.</p><p> From encouraging her to choose ahelicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having openconversations with her about clothes, makeup, and sexuality; debunkingthe myth that women are somehow biologically arranged to be in the kitchen making dinner, and that men can "allow" women to have full careers,… Rate This Book Add To Wishlist |Rate/Review Add To Bookshelf Get This Book Personalize / Add More ChoicesGo to your preferred retailer, click to choose a format and you' ll be taken directly to their site where you can get this book.</p><p> What We Say Here's a brisk, no-nonsense book on ideas to keep in mind when raising little girls into women.</p><p> It comes from the acclaimed writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.</p><p> It began with a request from a friend asking for advice on how to nurture her new childas a feminist.</p><p> That turned into a Facebook post which spread like wildfire.</p><p> Now the tips have been gently expanded into a book that can easily be read in half an hour.</p><p> She offers advice on everything from what colors are appropriate for what gender to whether a woman should take her husband's name...and whether a husband should take his wife's name (becausewhy ask one question if you're not going to ask the other?).</p><p> Sex and beauty and how easily we fall into stereotypes -- it's allShare This Book About The Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie MoreCHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE's work has appeared in numerous publications, includingThe New Yorker and Granta.</p><p> She is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus ; Half of a Yellow Sun, which won the Orange Prize; Americanah, which won the NBCC Award and was a New … and Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year; the story collection TheThing Around Your Neck; and the essay WeShould All Be Feminists.</p><p> A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria.</p><p> Release Info List Price: $15.00 (Hardcover) Published: March 07, 2017 Publisher: Knopf Pages: 80 ISBN 10: 152473313X ISBN 13: 9781524733131present here via amusing and gentle but firm suggestions.</p><p> Perfect for new mothers, though you won't be surprised to know it's also perfect for new fathers, regardless of the child they have. -- Michael Giltz What You Say Filter by No Reviews Found ..... about us |faq|advertise |privacy policy |newsletter |contact us ©2018, BookBuddha LLc.</p><p> All Rights Reserved.
