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Powder Necklace: A Novel (2010)

by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1439149119 (ISBN13: 9781439149119)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Washington Square Press

review 1: On the whole I enjoyed reading this book but as the child of a West African immigrant who spent the first part of her childhood 'back home' before returning to the UK, I felt the novel's protagonist or perhaps the author missed out on the beauty of Africa. While I appreciate that being uprooted from a life of creature comforts in London and being placed in hardship in a strange country, I still think the character failed to learn the lesson life in Africa could have taught her. The preoccupation with the creature comforts or lack thereof meant that she overlooked the solid friendships she made in Ghana which she had not made elsewhere. Similarly the resilience that living in such a environment imparted on her or the determination and resourcefulness shown by the young girl... more in her Aunty's house all seemed lost on Lila who even towards the end still showed immaturity. It's ironic that as the novel concludes, her stepsister is the voice of optimism, encouraging her to see the positive side of Ghana. That being said, the novel is well written and amusing though the time she spent in Ghana was by far what carried an otherwise run-of-the-mill novel.
review 2: Our book group won these from BookMovement.com. It was a very interesting story of a young teen being shuttled betweeen her known life in London with her mother to the unknown life in Ghana with a aunt. Then back to London where her mother now has a boyfriend with a teenage daughter. Then shuttled off to her father and his wife and twins who she has never met in the US. It is very discriptive and funny in a sad way. It's heartbreaking how little the adults care about this teen's feeling, even though at times her destructive behaviors are a problem. less

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