{"id":398,"date":"2026-04-22T23:19:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cwa.edu.gh\/?page_id=398"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:24:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:24:29","slug":"the-haunted-widow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cwa.edu.gh\/?page_id=398","title":{"rendered":"The Haunted Widow"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"398\" class=\"elementor elementor-398\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55622e5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"55622e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 \n\t\tdata-interaction-id=\"acab2f6\" \n\t\tclass=\"e-acab2f6-a0ac029 e-heading-base\" \n\t\t \n\t\t\n\t>\n\t\n\t\t\tThe Haunted Widow\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc57cb3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cc57cb3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632976d e-con-full e-flex eael_liquid_glass-effect1 eael_liquid_glass_shadow-effect1 e-con e-child\" data-id=\"632976d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-045ea09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"045ea09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/cwa.edu.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-hunted-widow.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-269\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwa.edu.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-hunted-widow.jpg 678w, https:\/\/cwa.edu.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-hunted-widow-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cwa.edu.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-hunted-widow-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t        \n        <svg style=\"display: none\">\n            <style>\n                [data-id=\"632976d\"].eael_liquid_glass-effect3 {\n                    backdrop-filter: url(#eael-glass-distortion3-632976d);\n                }\n                [data-id=\"632976d\"].eael_liquid_glass-effect4 {\n                    backdrop-filter: blur(5px) url(#eael-glass-distortion4-632976d); 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For her sanity and peace of mind, Seyram gives in to the relentless demands of the cold and exasperating spirit.<br><br>Available at Amazon.co.uk, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/HAUNTED-WIDOW-CWA-FRIENDS\/dp\/9988916108\/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+haunted+widow+by+cwa+and+friends&amp;qid=1630398170&amp;sr=8-1#immersive-view_1630398245106\">Amazon.com<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cwa.edu.gh\/\">Creative Writing Academy<\/a>, Roman Ridge, Accra (Tel: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"tel:+2335020 85274\">+233 05020 85274<\/a>) and Golden Tulip bookshop, Accra.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Haunted Widow When Seyram, a devoted housewife with an enviable talent for making pancakes, loses her husband in a car accident, she and her three young children are hounded out of their home by her husband\u2019s mother and sister. 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