Wanjiru's Sons

by Rod McCormick

Overview

Wanjiru Tatton is surviving with her mother and two sisters in a grass hut on the outskirts of a boys' high school in upcountry Kenya. Child of a British teacher and Kikuyu woman, she is infatuated with an American teacher at the school and has an intense on-again, off-again affair that leaves her with two sons, whose American father is forced to leave Kenya. Wanjiru's sons Muturi and Mumera grow up in a tribalistic culture feeling both unique and out of place. Wanjiru does what she feels is necessary to get the best for her children.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012535122
Publisher:	Word's Brook
Publication date:	01/12/2010
Series:	Njoro Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	281 KB

About the Author

Rod McCormick earned bachelor's and master's degrees in physics and math in Illinois. Afterwards, he taught high school physics and math for four years in Kenya. Returning from Kenya and inspired by the learning experiences of his students, he earned a Ph.D. in psychology. Rod ended up with his family in Vermont, where he was involved in research before he retired.

Editorial Reviews

As a Kenyan who lived through the era of this novel, it captures well the sexual freedom and the cultural conflicts as well as everyday life and loves. Wanjiru is a simple Kenyan girl very much in love with a young, white teacher at a local school. The teacher wants to marry her but social pressure and fear of moving to America sends her in hiding with her baby. Years pass and we see how Wanjiru's sons contend with being half caste and deal with sexual freedoms and fear of deadly diseases...

Chege Maina