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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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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 ...
Nov 2, 2020 · Culture; Books 'His Only Wife' Is a Refreshingly Modern Ghanaian Love Story "Afi is a worthy heroine, unwilling to yield to the patriarchal forces that threaten her spirit."
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 world.
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His Only Wife is a life-affirming, must-read novel about a young woman's search for independence in a man's world, and the rules she just might have to break along the way. AN OBSERVER , TIME MAGAZINE & NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2020 A REESE WITHERSPOON'S BOOK CLUB PICK * LONGLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS
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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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Mar 18, 2021 · 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 Saturday in January in the rectangular courtyard” of ...