King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village (Audio)
ISBN:
9780307879066 (0307879062)
Publish date: February 21st 2012
Publisher: Random House Audio
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
Africa,
Book Club,
Adult,
African American,
Biography Memoir
King Peggy chronicles the astonishing journey of an American secretary who suddenly finds herself king to a town of 7,000 souls on Ghana's central coast, half a world away. Upon arriving for her crowning ceremony in beautiful Otuam, she discovers the dire reality: there's no running water, no doctor...
Sometimes you read a book and it just makes you want to change yourself. It makes you want to be a better person. It helps you look differently at the world around you. It makes you reconsider your blessings and embrace the good things you have in your life right now.For me, this was one of those so...
Very charming book.
This story of how Peggy Bartels, a secretary at the Ghanian Embassy in Washington, D.C. became the king of village in Ghana made for a great read. I knew almost nothing about Ghana and learned a lot about its history and the book is made up of all kinds of characters. Anyone who enjoyed the Ladies...
Bartels was working as a secretary in the Ghanaian Embassy when she received a phone call that would change her life. The king of Otuam, a small coastal town of 7,000 people, had passed away, and the tribal elders had elected her as his replacement.Thus begins this winning tale of epic proportions, ...