![]() ![]() Afi does get a swish apartment in the capital city of Accra, complete with servants and more money than she’s ever had before.īut there’s one thing missing from this fairy tale – the husband. If this sounds too good to be true, you’re not far off the mark. ![]() ![]() Afi Tekple barely knows Elikem but the marriage will make her family financially secure and give her entry to the glitzy lifestyle she has dreamed of achieving. Instead of the usual scenario where the bride is forced to marry an older, gross, brute of a man (in the vein of The Girl With The Louding Voice), here we have a beautiful, but poor, young woman persuaded to marry the attractive, wealthy business man, Elikem Ganyo. In His Only Wife, Medie takes the idea of an arranged marriage and gives it a fresh twist. That lack of depth was, however, my major reservation about this novel, proving too much of a barrier to counteract all the aspects I did enjoy. It will definitely appeal to readers who enjoy a rags to riches story with a feminist twist but don’t want anything too heavy. The impressive list of accolades for His Only Wife suggest that Peace Ado Medie’s debut novel is a dazzling work of fiction from a bright new talent. Library Journal Best Fiction Book of 2020. ![]()
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