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Praise for Peggielene Bartels and Eleanor Herman's King Peggy2012 Finalist for the Books for a Better Life AwardA 2013 Amelia Bloomer List Selection“Captivating. . . . King Peggy is a great case study on how one person—with the proper encouragement and support—can bring light and life to a community. . . . Extremely well-written and amusing. . . . Candid and humble. . . . A captivating glimpse into the mental and spiritual transformation of a middle-aged African American woman as she steps into her royal destiny as an African king.” —The Baltimore Times “An astonishing and wonderful book about a real-life Mma Ramotswe. An utter joy.” —Alexander McCall Smith, author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series“A wondrous tale of how a woman rose to great heights in circumstances one would never dream of, in a place which most of us cannot imagine living. Compelling and heartwarming, [King Peggy] is a most enjoyable and absorbing read.” —Deborah Rodriguez, author of Kabul Beauty School “This irresistible real-life Cinderella story is entertaining, inspiring, and informative.” —Tucson Citizen “There’s an unlikely new leader in West Africa. . . . Bartels had to quickly and forcefully let tribal elders know that despite being far away and female, she had every intention of taking her position seriously—and being taken seriously in turn.” —NPR “King Peggy is wildly entertaining and thoroughly engaging, and Peggy is a true modern hero as she battles her council of elders who try to maintain their old lifestyles of privilege and greed. King Peggy reminds readers that the truth is often stranger than fiction; King Peggy herself does not disappoint, neither as a ruler nor a storyteller.” —Shelf Awareness “In the moving story of Peggielene Bartels, all of us can feel a connection to our ancestors, and a reminder of the good that can come from courageously embracing unexpected responsibilities.” —Jeffrey Zaslow, author of The Girls from Ames and coauthor of The Last Lecture “Though it sounds the stuff of fairytale and legend, King Peggy is the fascinating true story of her courageous acceptance of this difficult role and her unyielding resolve to help the people of Otuam. . . . Full of pathos, humor and insight into a world where poverty mingles with hope and happiness, King Peggy is an inspiration and proof positive that when it comes to challenging roles for women, ‘We Can Do It!’” —BookPage “[A] winning tale of epic proportions, full of intrigue, royal court plotting, cases of mistaken identity and whispered words from beyond the grave. Upon arrival, King Peggy—who left Ghana three decades earlier and has since become an American citizen—found an uphill battle and vowed to tackle the issues plaguing her community: domestic violence, poverty and lack of access to clean water, health care and education. . . . Florid description of the landscape, culture and characters work together to fully evoke the rhythms of African life. Ultimately, readers come away with not only a sense of how King Peggy was able to transform Otuam, but also an understanding of how the town and its inhabitants transformed her.” —Kirkus Reviews “King Peggy is the funny, wide-eyed account of [Peggielene Bartel’s] struggle to overcome sexism, systemic corruption and poverty without losing her will to lead or the love of her 7,000 subjects. . . . Co-author Herman says her interest in Africa came from the fiction of Alexander McCall Smith; she thinks she has met in Peggy a real-life Mma Ramotswe, and readers will quickly agree.” —Maclean’s (Toronto)
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About the Author
Peggielene Bartels was born in Ghana in 1953 and moved to Washington, DC, in her early twenties to work at Ghana’s embassy. She became an American in 1997. In 2008, she was chosen to be king of Otuam, a Ghanaian village of 7,000 people.Eleanor Herman is the author of three books of women’s history, including The New York Times bestseller Sex with Kings. Her profile of Peggy was a cover story for The Washington Post Magazine.
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Product details
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Anchor; First (1 in edition edition (February 12, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307742814
ISBN-13: 978-0307742810
Product Dimensions:
5.2 x 0.7 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.5 out of 5 stars
287 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#681,781 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
I loved this book. I loved King Peggy. I remember seeing an interview with King Peggy a few years ago and thinking that I should track down this book, and I know now that my instinct was correct. Throughout the book, I was impressed by Peggy's spirit, her resolve, and her ass-kicking attitude. The way she faced down the corruption in her village was remarkable. She was determined to make positive changes and she did! I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a great story about an incredible woman.
What a cool story. I enjoyed it all the way through, and it was a nice lift. Peggy is inspiring and funny. She's everywoman, yet stronger and more determined than many of us, so it was fun to see her work through the many problems she had to deal with as the new king of a village in Ghana. There were so many wonderful subplots, intrigues, and drama. I enjoyed the great descriptions of the village and environment. Laughed out loud as Peggy dealt with the sexist old men who'd been running things before she arrived. Here's one of the passages I enjoyed, from Peggy sitting on her porch one morning as the village awoke:"All around her were the voices of birds...a fisherman came out (of his house and) stretched a fishing net over a vertical frame, took a needle and thread, and started repairing...A man walked by Peggy's porch with a heap of long sticks of firewood on his head...Peggy heard the slap of dishwater hitting the dirt...young children ran out of the next-door neighbor's house, chasing one another and laughing...Women from the nearby houses came out holding long dried palm fronds and, bending at the waist, energetically swept the dirt in front of their houses...any sprout of grass would be considered unsightly and immediately plucked."And this:"Many Africans saw America as a promised land because it was rich in conveniences and gadgets...but many of (the Americans) couldn't loosen their grip on their remote controls enough to sit on a breezy porch with friends and family, talking about nothing in particular, or sitting in contented silence listening to the birds..."There was so much drama in this book that I couldn't almost believe it was a true story, but it was! Very much recommend it.
Wonderful true story, beautifully told. Pure joy to read. Bonus: Delivers a sense that you've lived in semi-rural Ghana and have an insider's view of some of its realities. I appreciate the insights and happy I got them from the air conditioned comfort of my armchair. The author did a great job of getting inside King Peggy's head and heart and sharing them with us. The result is we get to know how a great "everyday" hero thinks and acts. Plus we have the delight of being "present" as great improvements in everyday life are being brought to an area woefully deficient in what Americans regard as life's "basics." I'm glad I read this and grateful that BookBub brought it to my attention.
King Peggy is a lovely book about an improbable, yet true tale of a middle-aged Americanized woman who becomes the king of a village in Ghana. The book details her reign there and the many decisions she must make for the betterment of her people as they still believe in witchcraft, spells, and signs. Peggy is more modern than that, but she has to take them as they are and work for their better interests. There is much to admire about Peggy and her work, and the humor with which she makes difficult situations more tolerable. You'll enjoy King Peggy, especially if you are interested in how cultures differ from one another. It's light reading, but a solid 4 stars.
From Peggielene Bartels' surprising rise from a regular citizen working at the Ghanaian Embassy in Washington, DC, to her becoming the first woman king of the Ghanaian region of Otuam, she weaves the fascinating and often comical story of her struggles as a Ghanaian and American woman to overcome the entrenched corruption in her homeland and bring improvement to the region and people of Otuam. She introduces readers to the history and many of the customs of Ghana, along with the colorful characters in her extended family. Most fascinating of all was her eventual discovery of why she was chosen as King and how she overcame many of the roadblocks placed in her path by the corrupt members of her royal council.I connected to this book on two levels. First, as a member of the Jamaican diaspora, I was reminded through her book of the African influences that I saw as child growing up in Jamaica during the '40s and early '50s--the head wraps that some women wore, the heavy baskets balanced on their heads, the night-time drumming in sections of the city or villages throughout the island, the people's patois words and phrases with African roots, the calypso and mento music with their African rhythms, obeah men (witch doctors), the blending of African and Christian beliefs and practices, and the many folk stories, especially those of 'Brer Anansi, the cunning spider.Second, I connected with her memoir because of the similarities that I saw in her description of life in Otuam and my 2015 visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo--the poverty, political corruption, colonial history, failing infrastructure, roadside business ventures, rain-gutted dirt roads, and more. Her description of Otuam, blended with my fresh memory of the Congolese city of Bunia and its surrounding countryside, brought King Peggy to life for me, so much so that I found it difficult to put the book down.
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