His only wife : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9781649040107
- ISBN: 1649040105
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (1 sound file (09 hr., 09 min., 11 sec.)) : digital - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Workman Publishing, [2020]
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Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Soneela Nankani. |
Source of Description Note: | Online resource; title from title details screen (OverDrive, viewed September 10, 2020). |
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- Baker & Taylor
"An intelligent and funny debut about a relatable, indomitable heroine: a young seamstress in Ghana who agrees to an arranged marriage, only to realize that some compromises are too extreme to accept, illuminating what it means to be a woman in a rapidlychanging world"-- - Findaway World Llc
A REESE WITHERSPOONÂ x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
A Time Magazine Must-Read Book of 2020
One of BuzzFeed's "29 Books We Couldnât Put Down This Year"
A Must-Read Novel: The New York Times Book Review * BuzzFeed *Â Marie Claire * Parade * Travel + Leisure * Ms. Magazine * Bustle * The Millions * Book Riot * Christian Science Monitor * HelloGiggles
â[A] mesmerizing debut novel.â
âThe New York Times Book Review
âA story that kept me tied to the page, told in masterful, seamless prose.â
âBuzzFeed
âI love this book so much I turned the pages so fast . . . Itâs all about the search for independence and being true to yourself and who you really are.â
âReese Witherspoon
Afi Tekple is a young seamstress in Ghana. She is smart; she is pretty; and she has been convinced by her mother to marry a man she does not know. Afi knows who he is, of courseâElikem is a wealthy businessman whose mother has chosen Afi in the hopes that she will distract him from his relationship with a woman his family claims is inappropriate. But Afi is not prepared for the shift her life takes when she is moved from her small hometown of Ho to live in Accra, Ghanaâs gleaming capital, a place of wealth and sophistication where she has days of nothing to do but cook meals for a man who may or may not show up to eat them. She has agreed to this marriage in order to give her mother the financial security she desperately needs, and so she must see it through. Or maybe not?
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 in a world of men who want their wives to be beautiful, to be good cooks and mothers, to be women who respect their husbands and grant them forbearance. And in Afi, Peace Medie has created a delightfully spunky and relatable heroine who just may break all the rules.