TITLE: The Twist
AUTHOR: Nana Aishatu Ahmad
PUBLISHER: Informart, Kaduna
YEAR: 2007
PAGES: 100
BLURB: Are all men the same – trustworthy at first but deceitful, conceited and wicked later? Are they worth any woman’s sacrifice? These questions occupied the mind of Amina Bashir, a beautiful career woman in the midst of what her friends called ‘mid-life crisis’.
Finding no acceptable answers, Amina decided to face life alone, away from a husband to whom she had given total devotion and faith even on the point of death. But just when it appeared as if she was succeeding, she was challenged by social pressures which she had never reckoned with. It was up to her to take the final decision which would make or mar not only her future but also the happiness and cohesion of her family.
The Twist portrays the dilemma of many a working woman in Africa, who must contend with the demands of building a career while grappling with the tasks of maintaining a happy family.
THE AUTHOR: Nana Aishatu Ahmad is the Dean of Faculty of Education at the FCT College of Education, Zuba, Abuja, and author of several books, including Vision of the Jewel and Voice from the Kitchen, both collections of poems published by Informart. Born in Gombe, northern Nigeria, she graduated from University of Maiduguri with a degree in English Literature and obtained a M.Ed. (Education) from University of Jos. She has taught at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, and Federal College of Education, Gombe.
The Twist is her first published novel.
