In the Ditch By Buchi Emecheta - Penguin Modern Classics Special edition she is desperate to find

she is desperate to find a way out of her beloved country before her sister-in-law

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In the Ditch By Buchi Emecheta - Penguin Modern Classics Special edition she is desperate to findPublished: 31 08 2023 Sad, sonorous, occasionally hilarious, an extraordinary first novel' Washington Post 'Striking . . . brings sexism and classism into equal focus' The Paris Review Adah is a single mother of five, living in a dank, crumbling housing estate for 'problem families', avoiding the rats and rubbish. It's not quite the new start in London she had planned. As she navigates the complicated welfare system that keeps her trapped in poverty,