The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives - Hardcover

Shoneyin, Lola

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061946370 ISBN 13: 9780061946370

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2010

Synopsis

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Review:

A funny and moving story told with love and compassion ... a jewel of a novel (Petina Gappah)

This deft, lightly spun story packs quite a punch. Shoneyin's unravelling of a family is rooted in and flavoured by Nigeria, but speaks more widely. It is a book you'll want to eat in a sitting - and then start again (Diran Adebayo)

This first novel is a compelling, unsettling tale of a polygamous household and the women within Baba Segi's walls. Shoneyin's sharply written portrait of a family and a nation gripped by the past, yet surging into modernity, manages to be funny, disconcerting and violent all at once. An utterly gripping read. (Patricia Duncker)

A rich debut... an engrossing and beautifully written domestic tale of polygamy and rivalry set in her native Nigeria. (N/A Harper's Bazaar 2010-03-01)

A Rabelaisian picture of polygamous marriage, comically capturing the physical realities of ordinary Nigerian life. (Giles Foden Pre-publication endorsement 2010-04-01)

Riveting... a truly compelling tale... (Davina Morris The Voice 2010-04-05)

An engrossing portrayal of a polygamous household... a rich portrait of a family on the verge of collapse. (Yasmin Sulaiman The List 2010-04-01)

Riotous... this debut novel is a real eye-opener: a deft, compelling and unsettling tale. (Ailin Quinlan Irish Examiner 2010-05-10)

Vividly written with a poet's eye, this novel reveals its secrets with humour, verve and poignancy. (Beverley Naidoo N/A 2010-06-13)

Engrossing and throughly entertaining... Flavoured with humour, proverbs and malevolent feuding... (Travel Africa 2010-07-01)

Book Description:

A riotous domestic African novel about rivalry, secrets and jealous wives

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061946370
• ISBN 13: 9780061946370
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280