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The Secret Lives of the Four Wives - by Lola Shoneyin (Paperback)

The Secret Lives of the Four Wives - by  Lola Shoneyin (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><P> Alternately funny, shocking, and sad a complex depiction of family and culture in modern-day Nigeria. Sacramento Book Review<P> A magical writer .[A] delicious story. Huffington Post<P>Lola Shoneyin, a fresh and exciting new voice in contemporary fiction, sheds a fascinating light on the little known world of polygamy in modern-day Nigeria, in her fabulously entertaining debut novel, The Secret Lives of the Four Wives. Fans of The 19th Wife and HBO s Big Love will be enthralled by this colorful and captivating tale of a prosperous African family thrown into turmoil when the patriarch adds a young, well-educated fourth wife into the mix who threatens to expose the other wives deepest, darkest secrets."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>African-born poet Lola Shoneyin sheds a fascinating light on the little-known world of polygamy in modern-day Nigeria, in her powerful and thought-provoking debut novel, <em>The Secret Lives of the Four Wives </em><em>(previously titled The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives</em><em>)</em><em>.</em> Fans of <em>The 19th Wife</em> and HBO's <em>Big Love</em> will be enthralled by this riveting tale of a prosperous African family thrown into turmoil when the patriarch adds a young, well-educated fourth wife into the mix who threatens to expose the other wives' deepest, darkest secrets.</p><p><strong>"Alternately funny, shocking, and sad . . . a complex depiction of family and culture in modern-day Nigeria.<br/>--<em>Sacramento Book Review</em></strong></p><p><strong>"A magical writer. . . . [A] delicious story."--<em>Huffington Post</em></strong></p><p><br/> </p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>I didn't just happen upon this room; I dreamed of the pale green walls before I arrived.</p><p>Attempting to rise above the secrets of her past, Bolanle, a university graduate, marries Baba Segi, who promises her everything in exchange for agreeing to become his fourth wife. Thus she enters into a polygamous world filled with expensive clothes, a generous monthly allowance . . . and three Segi wives who disapprove of the newest, youngest, most educated addition to the family. There's Iya Femi, a fiery vixen with a taste for money; Iya Tope, a shy woman whose kindness is eclipsed by terror; and Iya Segi, the first, most lethal, and merciless of them all. </p><p>Bolanle quickly becomes Baba Segi's prized possession . . . until her very presence unlocks a secret that the other wives have long since guarded, and unleashing it could change life as they know it.</p>

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