Publisher's Synopsis
ABOUT THE BOOK: Who is a woman? A woman is a female person. A woman can also be referred to as a girl (female child or adolescent). Womanhood, on the other hand, is the period in a female's life after she has passed through childhood, puberty and adolescence. 18 years of age is most widely accepted by many countries as the age of maturity, in other words, the age at which a person is legally considered an adult. Often time's women are always put under pressure by the society, to live and behave in a certain way, even when they are not happy with the decision. A woman is expected by the society to be in her husband's house at a certain age, give birth to children (boys and girls) and try everything possible to have a successful marriage. A woman is expected to have a decent career, continue to look tender after child birth and to satisfy her husband sexually. A woman is blamed for her husband's infidelity. A woman is blamed for a failed marriage. A woman who becomes pregnant, even from a rape, is made to drop out of school. A woman is blamed for a wayward child. A woman is blamed for putting on weight after giving birth to four children. A woman is blamed for everything that goes wrong in her life and the life of people around her. Diary of a woman explores the highs and lows of womanhood. It provides strategies, solutions, real life experiences that could help a woman go through her life journey with ease. I do not know what you are currently going through as a woman. I do not know what you have been through as a woman. But I do know that you are going to find some answers to your every day challenges and ways to go about them with ease in this book.
