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The future looks bleak indeed for 16yearold Gloria. Living in a poor area ofAccra she dreams of becoming a dressmaker but after failing 13 out of 15subjects on her final exams it seems unlikely to happen. Then a distantrelative Christine offers to move Gloria to Kumasi to look after her son. Inexchange Christine will pay for Gloria to go to dressmaking school. In Kumasieverything seems possible and life is grander than anything Gloria has everexperienced. But Kumasi is also full of temptations like the popular boutiquewhere the owner takes a fancy to Gloria and encourages her to buy clothes oncredit. Theres also the smoothtalking Dr. Kusi who gives Gloria rides in hisred Passat and invites her to bring food to his apartment. Eventually betrayedby those around her Gloria must reconcile her future her family and herdesires. «
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