His Only Wife

by Medie, Peace Adzo
ISBN: 9781643751467
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"A Crazy Rich Asians for West Africa." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding."

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.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Medie, Peace Adzo
  • ISBN: 9781643751467
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.20 x 0.70
  • Number Of Pages: 304
  • Publication Year: 2021

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  • Empowering, unlike anything else!

    Dedra C. - 5 years 3 months ago

    Infuriating. Witty. Unlike anything else I've read. When I first read the blurb for His Only Wife I knew I wanted to read it. Afi is a young woman who finds herself in the most bizarre marital situation I may have ever heard of, but sadly is probably more common than I'm aware. But this bizarre marriage leads her on a journey of self-discovery and growth, and it was a joy to witness her transformation. Medie's dry but honest writing style made this novel shine. From the first sentence I was enamored. I had to know what happened to Afi, and I couldn't stop turning pages until I found out. She's a character you can't help rooting for; her happiness was all that mattered to me. There's so much I want to talk about, but--and I feel like I've said this a lot lately--this is another book that I think works better if you go in blindly. I'd only read the blurb before I started it, avoiding early reviews. I wanted to form my own opinions, and I'm happy I did. It's also hard to avoid spoilers, so this will be a short review. The family of Eli, Afi's new husband, expects a lot from Afi. They've arranged this marriage as kind of a last-ditch effort to "save" Eli from a woman he's in love with that they don't approve of. They've left Afi in the dark for the most part, but she agrees to the marriage out of a feeling of obligation to take care of her mother and extended family. And it's there in the dark that this story starts and where all the obstacles originate. If this story would have ended differently, this would be a different review. For me, so much depended on how things wrapped up for Afi, and if I wouldn't have been satisfied by the conclusion, it would have dampened my whole experience. However, being satisfied doesn't mean that it wasn't emotional and impactful. I feel like Afi's story will be one that I remember for a long time. Diverse and empowering, it's a story the world needs to hear. #ResolveToRead