Author; Jenny Lawson Genre; Non fiction Publisher/Year of 1st Publication: Flatiron Books. 2015 Number of Pages; 329 (my hardcover copy) Price; $26.99 Other Titles; Let’s Pretend This Never Happened
Tag: Marriage
DON’T BE A FOOLISH SPOUSE by Sunday Ogidigbo
It takes the presence of a foolish spouse in a marriage for things to go really bad. When the two people in a marriage are foolish however, a disaster is in the works Where you see anything working, it is wisdom that drives it, in like manner, where things are not working, foolishness is the…
DEAR WOMAN; Inhale, Exhale, Be.
The first time I ever processed thoroughly the idea of domestic violence against women was four years ago, and I wrote a short story for Ynaija here that ended with a woman dying from abuse and everyone gossiping about it. I had always heard stories of men who beat their wives. I had seen women…
The Twisted Yoruba Mind
Accept it or not, the Nigerian Yoruba’s can be pretty condescending to other cultures. I am Yoruba, so you bet I know what I am talking about. They generally believe that their culture is the best. They are prejudiced towards other Nigerians; their own country men, let alone to “oyinbo”. They have strong, but very…
RUN YOUR RACE
Whoever we are, whatever we do, it is important to always run your own race. Believe me, the grass is never greener on the other side. Well except on some very rare occasions. The trick though is to take care of your own grass to the best of your ability, so the greeness of the…
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