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Sep 1, 2020 · A brilliant scholar and a fierce advocate for women’s rights, author Peace Adzo Medie infuses her debut novel with intelligence and humor. For readers of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Candice Carty-Williams, His Only Wife is the story of an indomitable and relatable heroine that illuminates what it means to be a woman in a rapidly changing ...
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Nov 2, 2020 · By Rachel Epstein. published 2 November 2020. in News. If there's one thing the #ReadWithMC community agreed on about Peace Adzo Medie's debut novel, His Only Wife, it's that the world received a ...
Mar 18, 2021 · by Litro. • 18th March 2021. His Only Wife cover. An intriguing and thought-provoking sentence opens the novel His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie and demands an undivided reader’s attention. “Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding,” the young Afi Tekple narrates her story. “The ceremony was held on the third ...
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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 course—Elikem 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. B...
We read the story from Afi’s perspective starting with her wedding day where her husband Eli is a no show. That sets the stage for the kind of dynamic between Afi and Eli. Not only is this an arranged marriage but he can’t find the time to show up to his own wedding day! You really feel for Afi who is put in an impossible situation by wanting to pl...
I see why Reese selected this for her book club. It’s thought-provoking and becomes a female empowerment story in many ways. There’s a lot I want to say about this novel but don’t want to spoil anything! The only drawback for me was I felt the ending was a bit abrupt and I wanted a bit more closure. Book clubs will have a lively discussion about th...
Mar 26, 2021 · His Only Wife. Author: Peace Adzo Medie. ISBN-13: 9780861540693. Publisher: Onewworld. Guideline Price: £14.99. "They deposited me in front of our two families. I was acutely aware of every eye ...
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HIS ONLY WIFE. A New York Times Editors' Choice. A New York Times Notable Book of 2020. A Time Magazine Best Book of 2020. “Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding.”. Afi Tekple is a young seamstress whose life is narrowing rapidly. She lives in a small town in Ghana with her widowed mother, spending much of her time ...
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Sep 1, 2020 · HIS ONLY WIFE. A Crazy Rich Asians for West Africa, with a healthy splash of feminism. A Cinderella story set in Ghana. “I think I would have been less apprehensive if Eli himself had been present.”. Probably so, since this is Afi’s wedding and Elikem is the groom, whom she has barely met. This delightful debut novel from Medie, who was ...
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