His Only Wife - A Reese's Book Club Pick - 'Bursting with warmth, humour, and richly drawn characters'
Verlag | Oneworld Publications |
Auflage | 2021 |
Seiten | 288 |
Format | 13,7 x 2,2 x 19,9 cm |
MMP | |
Gewicht | 255 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
EAN | 9780861541454 |
Bestell-Nr | 86154145EA |
A captivating debut about defying expectations, hilarious and hopeful in equal measure
Klappentext:
A feelgood debut set in modern-day Ghana, about fashion and finding your voice
'Vivid, witty and utterly absorbing.' Daily Mail
In one of the most talked about and hilarious debuts of the year, Afi Tekple, a bright young seamstress from a small town in Ghana, is convinced by her family to marry a man she has never met.
Elikem Ganyo is a wealthy businessman whose family has chosen Afi in the hope that she will distract him from a relationship with another woman they think is inappropriate.
The fact that she doesn't know Elikem seems a small price to pay for a marriage that offers her family financial security and provides the key to a lifestyle she has always wanted. But when Afi arrives in Accra, Ghana's gleaming capital, she realises her fairy-tale ending might not be all she had hoped for...
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 mi ght 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
Rezension:
'This fierce young woman's struggle for independence in a city that is way out of step with the time-honoured traditions of the rural village in which she grew up is vivid, witty and utterly absorbing.' Daily Mail