The Bride Price
HUMAN INTEREST
Buchi Emecheta
Retold by Rosemary Border
CEFR B2
Word count 22,620
NO AUDIO AVAILABLE
When her father dies, Aku-nna and her young brother have no one to look after them. They are welcomed by their uncle because of Aku-nna’s ‘bride price’ – the money that her future husband will pay for her.
In her new, strange home one man is kind to her and teaches her to become a woman. Soon they are in love, although everyone says he is not a suitable husband for her. The more the world tries to separate them, the more they are drawn together – until, finally, something has to break.
ISBN 9780194792189
