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Confessions of Nairobi Women is a collection of thirteen candid true stories told to Joan Thatiah by women living in Nairobi. The stories are as awe-inspiring as they are heart-wrenching.
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Unidentified reader –
Combination of sweet and sour stories with life lessons for young parent’s, older parents as well. I honestly thought some of these things happen beyond our borders.
After reading my copy I bought two other copies for ladies I know just so that they’d tell me if they’ve heard similar stories and to my disbelief they know people who’ve experienced similar things.
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Rehema Zuberi –
I have a friend who is obsessed with Joan Thatiah. I was reading Joan way before I met her but feel she came and overtook me and made this loving one of her life missions. I am okay with it and entertain it. I love love people who are about a thing and show the world. One thing that sets her apart from me is while we both have the entire collection of Joan Thatiah’s work, she has the Grown Woman t-shirts. She orders the books immediately they are out and I, with a more extensive TBR, take my time and almost always order two at a go because I wait until I can remember which is almost always closer to another publication out.
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