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"Gilly Freeborn is possibly the most screamingly funny teenage character ever written." Will Davis, Guardian

At last this much-loved novel is back in print

Tormented teenagers always make for a good read, but Claire Robertson has created in Gilly Freeborn, the heroine of the laugh-out-loud Letters of a Love Struck Teenager, one of the most hilariously tormented of them all. As Gilly writes to Alexa Deerheart, Agony Aunt of "The Bizz" magazine, her delightfully traumatic life is laid bare. The terror of having no breasts, the first tinglings (literally ) of love, and...

"Robertson's book represents a powerful contribution to African social, economic, and women's history. Highly recommended." --Choice

"An important resource for anyone interested in the history of women and trade in modern Kenya...." --International Journal of African Historical Studies

..". a landmark study, meticulously executed and written.... it will have a wide impact on some of the most significant questions facing the disciplines of history, anthropology, political science, and development economics." --Gracia Clark

Herskovitz Award-winner Claire Robertson employs a...

Here is the life history of Berida Ndambuki, a Kenyan woman trader born in 1936, who speaks movingly of her experiences under the turbulences of late British colonialism and independence. A poverty survivor, Berida overcame patriarchal constraints to reclaim the rights to her labor, her body, and her spirit. She invokes a many-faceted picture of central Kenyan life in this compelling narrative.