Perfect for readers of Candice Carty-Williams and Oyinkan Braithwaite, His Only Wife ushers in a stunning new talent and an unforgettable story about what it means to be a woman, wife and daughter. Combining heart and humor with a hearty dose of feminism, Peace Adzo Medie’s debut is an illuminating and empowering read with a heroine you will remember for a long time. Afi’s love of dressmaking and her drive to learn complicated designs was a real highlight of the book, and I loved how her ambition helped her advocate for herself in her family, marriage and dreams for her future. This is not the story of a woman brought into an arranged marriage who withholds herself from finding love unless it is on her own terms, nor is it about a romantic young girl who learns the truth about love the hard way.Afi’s slow awakening to her own autonomy is one of the most believable and heart-stirring that I have read in quite some time, yet Medie never preaches or talks down to her readers. His Only Wife is already being heralded as a tale of empowerment, but what I loved most about it was how carefully Medie tracked Afi’s journey. Medie gives readers a modern feminist fairy tale where the woman saves herself. Peace Adzo Medies debut novel, His Only Wife, was a New York Times Book Review Editors Choice, a New York Times Notable Book of 2020, a Time magazine. She is in a bizarre situation, and though she wields little power initially, she is sharp and witty, and her observations on marriage, in-laws and wealth will quickly endear her to any reader.
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