Abena finds the market interesting, and is intrigued by an errand girl she meets named Faiza. Gifty gets a mattress on the livin groom floor and works in the fabric store every day and helps with household chores like cooking. Auntie's house is very different as well, and Abena does have her own tiny room, unlike Gifty, who is the daughter of one of Auntie's husband's poor relative. She and her friends are more apt to hang out at the air conditioned mall than the crowded market. This is a big change from Abena's wealthy, privileged life at an expensive, private American school and servants at home. Because Abena's mother has gone to London to give birth and her father is very busy as a doctor in a medical clinic in Ghana, Abena is sent to spend the summer with her Auntie Lydia, who runs a fabric store in the busy Makola Market.
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