A deeply engrossing chronicle of contemporary Ghanaian womanhood.”

'With spot-on characterizations of deeply involved extended families and realistic depictions of how money can change everything, Peace Adzo Medie conjures a Cinderella story just right for 2020.” Medie depicts a vivid and dazzling Accra, and it’s impossible not to root for Afi as she finds her footing within it.” “A story that kept me tied to the page, told in masterful, seamless prose. cleverly upends a Cinderella story into a tale of feminism.” At a time when adventure is scarce, Medie gives you a lot to look forward to, think about and be grateful for.”

“Peace Adzo Medie’s mesmerizing debut novel lives up to both the power of its first sentence and the promise of its author’s first name. And in Afi, we meet a delightful, brave, and relatable heroine who just may break all the rules.Ī Library Journal Best Fiction Book of 2020Ī SheReads Best of 2020: Women’s Fiction Best African Diaspora Book of 2020 Or must she?Ī 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 their husbands forbearance. But she has agreed to this marriage in order to give her mother the financial security she desperately needs, and so Afi must see it through. When Afi is moved from her small hometown to live in Accra, Ghana’s gleaming capital full of wealth and sophistication, she is not prepared for the way her life will change. His family has chosen Afi in the hopes that she will distract him from a current relationship they disapprove of. Smart and pretty, she has also been convinced by her mother to marry a man she doesn’t know: a wealthy businessman named Elikem. It’s all about the search for independence and being true to yourself and who you really are.”Īfi Tekple is a young seamstress in Ghana. “I love this book so much I turned the pages so fast. “A story that kept me tied to the page, told in masterful, seamless prose.”

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