The Runaway Bride

by Barbara Kimenye

The wedding has been arranged and the guests and the bridegroom are waiting in the Cathedral - but where is the bride? What is it that has made life with handsome, wealthy Philip seem impossible after all? Pamela has got to get away to find herself, her true vocation and - could it be? - love.

136 pages, Paperback

First published September 29, 1994

About the author

Barbara Kimenye (19 December 1929 – 12 August 2012), was one of East Africa's most popular and best-selling children's authors. Her books sold more than a million copies, not just in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, but throughout English-speaking Africa. She wrote more than 50 titles and is best remembered for her Moses series, about a mischievous student at a boarding school for troublesome boys.

A prolific writer widely regarded as "the leading writer of Children's literature in Uganda", Barbara Kimenye was among the first Anglophone Ugandan women writers to be published in Central and East Africa. Her stories were extensively read in Uganda and beyond and were widely used in African schools. Kimenye was born in England, but by her own admission considered herself Ugandan

Reviews

[Vincent Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, what would you say if your bride never showed up on your wedding day? The wedding has been arranged and the guests and the bridegroom are waiting in the Cathedral - but where is the bride? What is it that has made life with handsome, wealthy Philip seem impossible after all? Pamela has got to get away to find herself, her true vocation and - could it be? - love.

It is an intricate story of love and pain, betrayal, and money.