The umbrella tree
By: Phoebe Miller (formerly Phoebe Ottenberg)
Contributors: Ottenberg, Simon, writer of preface
Publisher: Mbeyi & Associates (Nig) Ltd.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Lagos
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9789789345847
Subjects: Igbo (African people); Fiction; Social life and customs; Manners and customs
Notes: "Phoebe Ottenberg-Miller"--Cover.

"She wrote this novel based on Ehugbo in 1976-1977"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references (page xv).
Table of contents: title: Preface  -- Simon Ottenberg; title: Foreword  -- Emmanuel Agha Mbey; title: Prologue -- -- Part one: 1902-1925. 1.; title: Strange creatures lurk in the bush -- -- 2.; title: Do not talk badly of a year until it ends -- -- 3.; title: For the elephant, his tusks are not heavy -- -- 4.; title: Do not rejoice while still in the forest -- -- 5.; title: Advising a fool is like shooting into the air -- -- 6.; title: An orphan must be his own father -- -- Part two: 1925-1945. -- 7.; title: A bent stick cannot make a tall tree -- -- 8.; title: One cannot climb a tree from the top -- -- 9.; title: A hungry man sees far -- -- 10.; title: Do you give a mirror to the blind? -- -- 11.; title: Endeavor is the mother of luck -- -- 12.; title: On his dunghill, the cock is a mighty bird -- -- 13.; title: Every pot must stand on its own bottom -- -- 14.; title: An empty bag cannot stand upright -- -- 15.; title: The sea cannot be fenced -- -- 16.; title: The dog says, the tail can but follow the head -- Part three: 1945-1953. -- 17.; title: The elephant does not reach its size in a day -- -- 18.; title: A content mind is a continual feast -- -- 19.; title: Muddle at home makes the husband roam about -- -- 20.; title: A cow does not value its tail until it is cut off -- -- 21.; title: One boy is a boy, two boys is half a boy, three boys is no boy at all -- -- 22.; title: Husband is soap, husband is dirt -- -- 23.; title: If marriage were to be wine, one should have tasted it first -- -- 24.; title: You cannot unscramble an egg -- -- 25.; title: Living with a tiger is better than with a bad woman -- -- 26.; title: If you want a rat don't keep a cat -- -- 27.; title: Cassava is late comer but has position -- -- Part four: 1953-1959. -- 28.; title: Test your mat before you lie down -- -- 29.; title: Supported by three stones a pot cannot fall -- -- 30.; title: A small child must try twice -- -- 31.; title: No one throws his farm away because it is weedy -- -- 32.; title: We do not fight for our children because we are strong -- -- 33.; title: The critic forgets, his listener remembers -- -- 34.; title: A poor man's fowl is his cow -- -- Part five: 1960-1967. -- 35.; title: A small child who washes his hands clean can eat with a big man -- -- 36.; title: A patient dog eats the fattest bone -- -- 37.; title: The lizard says a plot is understood by a nod of the head ---- 38. Fire begets ashes.