Desperately In Need Of a Son

by Mariam Ceesay


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 7/07/2009

Format : E-Book
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 97
ISBN : 9781469116020
Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 97
ISBN : 9781441533050

About the Book

Akim was born and raised in a culture in which giving birth to a son is a treasure. Life without a son is meaningless for them. At the age of twenty-six, he got married to a beautiful thirteen-year-old girl named Jaina. After having two beautiful healthy daughters with her, he became so desperate of getting a son. He then started blaming and neglecting his wife and daughters. Soon, he decided to marry a second wife with the hope of getting a son. Fortunately, for him, he got one named Ali with his second wife. However, Jaina, his first wife got violently jealous, then murdered the four-week-old son, brutally. Read on to find out!


About the Author

Mariam “mama” Ceesay was born on 1969 in a town call Bakau, The Gambia, West Africa. She has been always hostile to cruelty and mischievous since she was a child. She attended Albion primary school and graduated in social science at Saint Joseph high school in 1988 in The Gambia. After my graduation, I started a small hairdressing salon at home with the notion of making money to go abroad for a change. In October 1990 I left for Sweden, where I studied the Swedish language, worked as a hospital cleaner and a nursing assistant for survival. Also, studied a computer course and got married in Sweden and has three precious children.