“I didn’t expect you to marry me, but to have avoided me when I needed you back in school was devastating; the ridicule, the lonely days… you were my friend…” she retorted.
“My intention was not to leave you in this mess. You were just fifteen years old when it happened, with aspirations to complete your secondary education, I had no money, no help and so I had to drop out and join the navy, at least to have some decent earnings tomorrow, and be able to raise a family. How could I have sustained you, me and an unwanted baby at the time? After our encounter, I felt there was nothing to hold on to…perhaps, if you had stuck to your guns and held my hand…“ Kofi replied to Diana with contempt.
With interesting and fascinating dramatic visualizations of pertinent issues regarding casual, pre-marital and marital sex, Evelyn falls on her theatrical and artistic background to discuss these issues which are at the heart of her debut non-fiction, ‘The Sex Trial’, which is set to be launched on Sunday, 29th November 2020 at 1:30 PM at the Christ The King Parish, adjacent the Jubilee house in Accra.
Her second book, which is set to be launched on the same day, ‘What Mummy Doesn’t Know’ focuses on parenting, making difficult decisions and peer pressure. She draws from a fossilitude conglomeration of experiences, discussions and rich reading culture which she has built over the years. This book has a carefully designed version that caters for the reading needs of native French speakers: with titles and blurb translated into French, aiding the reader the necessary information needed to go on an English reading adventure.
Evelyn Nana Ama Asare is a young writer who seeks to contribute meaningfully to society through her writing. She is a member of the Ghana Association of Writers and the International Women’s Writing Guild. She has acted in several stage plays and performed her poems at many notable events in Ghana. Evelyn holds a Masters of Arts in Communication from Trinity College and University, Spain, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Theatre Arts from University of Ghana. Her thirst for knowledge has led her to pursue several diplomas and certificate courses in; Project Management, Psychology, Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), and French, among others .Evelyn’s passion for Arts and creativity and has seen her on major acting and singing stages including; Still A Rose, The Choice, Marching For Fausa, Shaka The Zulu, The Animal Kingdom, In The Chest of A Woman and others. She has a strong interest in ‘the family’ as the basic unit of society. Her passion for this is reflected in all her works.
