His Only Wife
Book by Peace Adzo Medie
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In this smart, funny Reese's Book Club pick and New York Times Notable Book, a young seamstress in Ghana agrees to an arranged marriage, only to realize that some compromises are too extreme to accept.Get ... Google Books
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Sep 1, 2020 · An infuriating yet empowering novel on love, deception, and destiny. Through the eyes of young Afi, who is married to her husband with the sole ...
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His Only Wife is a witty, smart, and moving debut novel about a brave young woman traversing the minefield of modern life with its taboos and injustices, living ...
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A witty, moving, and smart debut novel, His Only Wife takes place in a world of men who want their wives to be beautiful, to be good cooks and mothers, to grant ...
Jan 17, 2022 · The premise of this story is based on the complexities around a man whose family doesn't accept his choice of a spouse and after years of trying ...
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A witty, moving, and smart debut novel, His Only Wife takes place in a world of men who want their wives to be beautiful, to be good cooks and mothers, to grant ...
Nov 11, 2020 · His Only Wife is a witty, smart, and moving debut novel about a brave young woman traversing the minefield of modern life with its taboos and ...
Sep 1, 2020 · The book opens up with the marriage of Afi, a young seamstress living with her widow mother, to Elikem, a wealthy businessman from an affluent ...
His Only Wife is a book written in this vein. In writing it, I wanted to illuminate how familial obligations and community expectations loom large and shape the ...