Section 1: Chapters 1 and 2 Summary

"Changes: A Love Story" by Ama Ata Aidoo is a novel that explores the changes that working women in Africa must face in their marriages and families while men's lives remain unaltered. After Esi divorces Oko, she has more time to focus on her career, but after she remarries to Ali Kondey, she must find a balance between being a career woman, a wife and a friend to Opokuya who encounters problems in her marriage of a different nature. "Changes: A Love Story" is a very interesting novel that is sure to keep the reader entertained.

In Chapter 1, Esi is angry with herself as she drives to the offices of Linga Hideaways on Friday evening because she always ends up doing secretarial work when the secretary is away. She arrives at the office after 5 p.m., and a man...