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Synopsis:
They told her that her body belonged to men and her mind didn’t matter. They were wrong.
“What if I don’t want to marry?” Lillian held her breath. She had never said the words out loud. “Not want to marry?” Her aunt frowned. “What else would you do?”
Set in a Ugandan village, Lilian has learned to shrink herself to fit other people’s ideas of what a girl is. In her village a girl is not meant to be smarter than her brother. A girl is not meant to go to school or enjoy her body or decide who to marry. Especially if she is poor
Review:
I Am Change is inspiring.
Usually this isn’t the type of book that I would pick up. The synopsis didn’t grab me and the book is pink (I know… I’m fussy!!) I was however blown away, which I did really enjoy!
I Am Change is inspired by young Ugandan woman and the struggle and hardship that they have to endure. Not only as people that are poor and struggling in life but as woman. The start of the book dives in to young marriage and how woman must learn how to please a man. (When really men need to be educated on how to please a woman but that’s a whole bucket of fish we can fry up later)
Lillian our young character doesn’t want to be forced to marry someone she doesn’t love, nor care about. Lillian wants to focus on her education and dreams of becoming a writer.
I loved the writing. Thought it was written from a young woman’s perspective, it didn’t try and dull it down and be narrated by a child. But instead stuck to a mature narration that added value to the story.
This story isn’t one that you can easily pick up and read. It is one that will force you to open your eyes to the situations that woman face around the world and be grateful for what you have and how lucky you are. This is an important story and I implore you to read it.
Rating: 5/5
Publisher: Walker Books
ISBN: 9781925126839