The Sun Will Soon Shine

Posted on 25 September 2017 by Sally Singhateh

For an intelligent, ambitious girl growing up in a Gambian village, life holds few tempting prospects Marriage and motherhood, often forced, are the paths assigned to most Nyima, too, is subject to this fate, as well as having to endure the health endangering ongoing practice of genital mutilation.But ours is a heroine of immense courage, able to see beyond her situation, despite the bleakness of life She makes it through her darkest hours, and emerges stronger on the other side, though permanently scarred by her ordeals.It is in education and work that Nyima finds her salvation, and begins to rebuild her life, and indeed be reborn The question is, though, can she ever truly love or trust again This is a moving and emphatic tale of a young woman s struggle to come to terms with her past and culture, and above all, the possibility of having a future to look forward to, no matter what the odds. Best Read [ The Sun Will Soon Shine ] by [ Sally Singhateh ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Set in modern day Gambia THE SUN WILL SOON SHINE is a small book but it packs a powerful punch Nyima is a young girl who loves school and is studying hard so she can go to university and become a teacher Her plans all fall apart just before her thirteenth birthday when she is told by her grandfather that she will be marrying the richest man in her village and become his number 4 wife Her husband is as old as her grandfather and all the weeping and cajoling in the world cannot change her grand Set in modern day Gambia THE SUN WILL SOON SHINE is a small book b...A very short book just over 100 pages but a really interesting topic.

English
25 September 2017

Sally Singhateh