In the Ditch - Buchi Emecheta city guide dropouts and the fringe elements

dropouts and the fringe elements that went to make up a warm-hearted family of non-conformists with whom he identified and felt totally at home

however thorny

instinctive – a way not just of seeing

and the people who make PIN–UP — internationally and especially in New York

In the Ditch - Buchi Emecheta city guide dropouts and the fringe elementsAdah is a single mother of five, living in a dank, crumbling housing estate for problem families, avoiding the rats and rubbish. Its not quite the new start in London she had planned. As she navigates the complicated welfare system that keeps her trapped in poverty, can she cling to her dream of a better life, and find somewhere that feels like home? Buchi Emechetas scorching debut novel drew on her own experiences to paint a moving picture of hope,