Peace Adzo Medie's sentences are packed with muscle, beauty, and hilarity. 'I couldn't put down His Only Wife, which made me nostalgic for the food, frills, and folly of Ghana. * Wayetu Moore, author of She Would Be King *

'A hilarious, page-turning, sharply realized portrait of modern womanhood in the most infuriating of circumstances.

'Bursting with warmth, humour and richly drawn characters you can't help but root for.' A Crazy Rich Asians for West Africa, with a healthy splash of feminism.' 'With characters making questionable decisions and a rather brilliant ending, this is a good old-fashion book club read that'll leave you arguing about character motivations and morals.' This is not a book to read with one eye on a beach volleyball tournament it's a story to soak up in silence, on a long, cloudy afternoon when you have time to think.' It's all about the search for independence and being true to yourself and who you really are.' 'I love this book so much I turned the pages so fast. '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.' 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.

But when Afi arrives in Accra, Ghana's gleaming capital, she realises her fairy-tale ending might not be all she had hoped for. 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. 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.Įlikem 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. 'Vivid, witty and utterly absorbing.' Daily Mail

AN OBSERVER, TIME MAGAZINE & NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2020

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