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I was pleasantly surprised by this slim book. My used copy is a (to me) obscure edition from Longman Nigeria 1986, with crinkly glued pages and cheap typesetting. I had never heard of the author. But now I am a fan! The story is told in a refreshing, no-fuss style, and it is focused very simply, on the lorry and rail journey that three young girls/ women undertake to get to their boarding school from their village. They meet with flirtation and disaster en route. The need of young women to manoe
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