
October '20 Pick
His Only Wife
Peace Adzo Medie
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....
His Only Wife
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. But Afi is not prepared for the shift her life takes when she is moved from her small hometown of Ho to live in Accra, Ghana’s gleaming capital, a place of wealth and sophistication where she has days of nothing to do but cook meals for a man who may or may not show up to eat them. She has agreed to this marriage in order to give her mother the financial security she desperately needs, and so she must see it through. Or maybe not? His Only Wife is a witty, smart, and moving debut novel about a brave young woman traversing the minefield of modern life with its taboos and injustices, living in a world of men who want their wives to be beautiful, to be good cooks and mothers, to be women who respect their husbands and grant them forbearance. And in Afi, Peace Medie has created a delightfully spunky and relatable heroine who just may break all the rules.
From Our Book Lover-In-Chief
I love this book so much I turned the pages so fast . . . It’s all about the search for independence and being true to yourself and who you really are.
Reading takes us all over the world, and this month we are traveling to modern-day Ghana with our October book pick, His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie. Culture, heroism and the search for independence are just a few of the wonderful themes in this vibrant book. Pick up a copy and let's discuss these wonderful characters.


FROM THE AUTHOR
Peace Adzo Medie
Peace Adzo Medie is a award-winning scholar and Ghanaian writer born in Liberia. His Only Wife is her debut fiction title.
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