![]() ![]() Her days are spent with nothing to do but cook meals for a man who may or may not turn up to eat them.Ĭan she really live this life without losing sight of herself? Bursting with warmth and humour, His Only Wife is a witty, smart and moving novel about a brave young woman and her 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 the city, she realises her fairy-tale ending might not be all she had hoped for. Marrying a stranger seems a small price to pay in exchange for financial security for her family and the lifestyle she's always wanted in Accra, Ghana's gleaming capital, a place of wealth and sophistication. Elikem Ganyo is a wealthy businessman whose mother has chosen Afi in the hope that she will distract him from his relationship with a woman his family claim is inappropriate. ![]() She is smart she is pretty and she has been convinced by her family to marry a man she does not know. 'Elikem married me in absentia he did not come to our wedding.' Afi Tekple is a young seamstress in Ghana. AN OBSERVER, TIME MAGAZINE & NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2020 A REESE WITHERSPOON'S BOOK CLUB PICK 'Vivid, witty and utterly absorbing.' Daily Mail His Only Wife, Medie takes the idea of an arranged marriage and gives it a fresh twist. ![]()
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