THE VALLEY OF MEMORIES

October 10th 1963, a Dutch teenage girl is sent away to Ghana by her resentful mother  to marry a man she has met only once and who is more than twice her age. Arriving at  the airport in Accra, a whole new world unfolds for this young girl. At first, she is shocked  and disappointed by the things she sees in this new country she is to call her home. To  her Ghana is hot, humid and dirty but then she meets the warm and welcoming people  of Ghana and starts to open up to the country, culture and its people.

Her new husbands job takes her to some of the most remote areas in Ghana from Accra  to the Northern, Upper East and Volta Regions where she repeatedly has to build a home  with the meagre resources her husband and herself have available. Whilst building her  homes and family, she encounters the most fascinating, emotional, funny, unbelievable  and sometimes scary experiences.

This is a story about a young girl coming of age and finding love and happiness under  the most unusual circumstances. The story will take the reader on a very vivid and  colorful tour of life in post colonial Ghana and gives the reader a history lesson about  one of the most interesting periods Ghana has gone through after gaining independence  from Britain and trying to build a strong and independent nation.

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