num_pages: 229
description: "As for my survival for the past twenty years in England, from when I was a little over twenty, dragging four cold and dripping babies with me and pregnant with the fifth one - that is a miracle. And if for any reason you do not believe in miracles, please start believing, because keeping my head above water in this indifferent society...is a miracle." Buchi Emecheta's autobiography spans the transition from a tribal childhood in the African bush to life in North London as an internationally acclaimed writer.
language: English
title: Head Above Water
titlecomplete: Head Above Water (African Writers Series)
genres: African Literature, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Nigeria, Africa
ratings_count: 200
publisher: Heinemann