{"product_id":"the-ndola-muto-salon-frieda-ekotto-9781684486267","title":"The Ndola Muto Salon","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the Ndola Muto Salon Douala, Cameroon, women slip behind closed doors to seek pleasure, refuge, and one another. When young Violette begins work there as a courtesan for women to support her family, she enters a world her mother cannot accept, where desire moves quietly but powerfully. Part sanctuary, part hidden house of pleasure, the salon becomes a mirror of empowerment, longing, and possibility beyond the restrictions of Cameroonian society. Within its walls, Violette encounters a constellation of women who shape her awakening: Lady Budu, the formidable owner; Caroline, who first opens her to joy; and the enigmatic Lady with Sexy Toes, who urges her to imagine a life of her own making. As these lives intertwine in this evocative novel, the salon reveals how tenderness between women can become an act of resistance, defying patriarchy, class, and convention in small but profound revolutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frieda Ekotto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1684486262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684486267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bucknell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Frieda Ekotto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001426518271,"sku":"9781684486267","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ndola-muto-salon-frieda-ekotto-9781684486267","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}