Born in a House of Glass
Born in a House of Glass
Laurie Burns
, Patricia Johnson
, Sandra Furlotte
, Natasha Andres
, cassandra schiemann
, Jude Castillo
, Marilyn Stanley
, Claire Gear
, Barry Kazimer
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Mary Lester
, Beth Dekoker
, Andrea Pole
, Joseph Chirayil
, Sharon Forzley
, Agnes Marshall
, Cheryl Johnson
, Lesley Cameron
, Naomi MacKinnon
, Natasa Ilic
, Karen Cole
, Dorothy Wong
, Kathryn Galan
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Joe Mitchell
, Deana Bueley
, Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Linda Leitch
, Tanis Anne
, Noelle Walsh
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Carson Loveless
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Sarah Schwartz
, Ken Gilmour
, Alanna Virtue
, Angela Mitchell
, Allison Dube
, Debra Meagher
, Trish Bowering
, Rose Hately
, Tanya Blake
, Kimberlee Leslie
, Ariane Béland
, oliver stevens
, Denica StP
, Lynn Andrews
, Joan Clare
, Reilly Robson
, Daria Krykhtin
, Gale Dowle
, Elisabeth Marseille
, P. Thompson
, Katie Macalister
, Janice Cournoyer
, Margaret McKay
, Sherry McIntosh
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Paula Adam
, Meghan Barton
, Huguette Lemieux
, Michelle Arsenault
, Chris Lantz
, Heather Belliveau
, Tatiana Robinson
, Paula Ritchie
, Prabh Toor
, Linda Dessau
, Cherryl Koylass
, Nancy Reid
, Debra Guyette
, finn mulryan
, ilona storie
, Pam Keetch
, Christopher Evans
, Russell Reitsema
, Mathilde B-C
, Lisa Mallia
, Benita Hartwell
, Roberta Cox
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Melissa Poremba
, Melanie Solar
, Julie M.
, Alex Henderson
, Heather More
, Paris Semansky
, Barbara Leckie
, Claudie Léveillé
, Krys Reads
, Mary Therrien
, Elle Kishia
, Hilary Jenkins
, Liana Cusmano
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Holly Elisabeth
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Udonwa’s family is at war — a war of relationships, played out under the tyranny of a monster dad. Age twelve, Udonwa has a peculiar love for her father, Reverend Leonard Ilechukwu, who favours her but beats his wife and his other children. She sees his good side: after all, he pays the school fees, and tells her that she, named “the peaceful child,” is the one most likely to become a doctor.
When her newly married eldest sister suddenly takes her from their family compound in Iruama, Nigeria, to live with her in Awka, Udonwa experiences violence first-hand. Later, pieces of a sinister picture emerge that shake her life to the core.
No longer the person she thought she was, Udonwa launches into a period of extreme change, and parts of her life spiral into chaos as she finds herself torn between her love for her father and an underlying need to free herself. This vivid family saga is engrossing, deeply unsettling, and finally uplifting.
