Author: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
Published: 2012
Genre: Fiction
Powder Necklace tells the story of 13/14 year old Lila who is uprooted without warning by her mother from London to Ghana. Although Ghanaian by birth, Lila has never lived in Ghana. She is at the cusp of her teenage years, and although she is not an out-and-out rebellious teenager, her divorced, single and overwhelmed mother, wanting to remove her from the influences of London and 'needing a break' sends her to a girls' boarding school in Ghana.
