The Resource His only wife : a novel, by Peace Adzo Medie
His only wife : a novel, by Peace Adzo Medie
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- Summary
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- "An intelligent and funny debut about a relatable, indomitable heroine: a young seamstress in Ghana who agrees to an arranged marriage, only to realize that some compromises are too extreme to accept, illuminating what it means to be a woman in a rapidly changing world."--
- A seamstress in Ghana, Afi Tekple is smart; she is pretty; and she has been convinced by her mother to marry a man she does not know. 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 comes to live in Accra, Ghana's gleaming capital, 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 does she? -- adapted from jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616209155
- Label
- His only wife : a novel
- Title
- His only wife
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- by Peace Adzo Medie
- Subject
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- trueWest African people
- trueMistresses
- truePoor families
- trueRich people
- trueSeamstresses
- trueSecrets
- trueSocial classes
- Social problem fiction
- Women -- Ghana -- Fiction
- trueWomen -- Identity
- Women -- Social conditions
- Women -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Fiction
- Women dressmakers -- Fiction
- trueAfrican people
- trueAmbition
- trueArranged marriage
- Arranged marriage -- Ghana -- Fiction
- trueCity life
- Domestic fiction
- FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / Women
- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueGhana
- Ghana
- Ghana -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Humorous fiction
- trueLife change events
- Marriage
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "An intelligent and funny debut about a relatable, indomitable heroine: a young seamstress in Ghana who agrees to an arranged marriage, only to realize that some compromises are too extreme to accept, illuminating what it means to be a woman in a rapidly changing world."--
- A seamstress in Ghana, Afi Tekple is smart; she is pretty; and she has been convinced by her mother to marry a man she does not know. 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 comes to live in Accra, Ghana's gleaming capital, 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 does she? -- adapted from jacket
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2020
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10929083
- Cataloging source
- IEN/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Medie, Peace A
- Dewey number
- 823.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9379.9.M39
- LC item number
- H57 2020
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Arranged marriage
- Women dressmakers
- Women
- Women
- Ghana
- FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce
- FICTION / Women
- FICTION / Literary
- Marriage
- Women
- Ghana
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- His only wife : a novel, by Peace Adzo Medie
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616209155
- Lccn
- 2020009732
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1130763859
- Label
- His only wife : a novel, by Peace Adzo Medie
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616209155
- Lccn
- 2020009732
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1130763859
Subject
- trueWest African people
- trueMistresses
- truePoor families
- trueRich people
- trueSeamstresses
- trueSecrets
- trueSocial classes
- Social problem fiction
- Women -- Ghana -- Fiction
- trueWomen -- Identity
- Women -- Social conditions
- Women -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Fiction
- Women dressmakers -- Fiction
- trueAfrican people
- trueAmbition
- trueArranged marriage
- Arranged marriage -- Ghana -- Fiction
- trueCity life
- Domestic fiction
- FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / Women
- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueGhana
- Ghana
- Ghana -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Humorous fiction
- trueLife change events
- Marriage
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