His Only Wife - A Reese s Book Club Pick Bursting With Warmth, Humour, Richly Drawn

A captivating debut about defying expectations, hilarious and hopeful in equal measure

About the author

Peace Adzo Medie’s debut novel, His Only Wife, was a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, a New York Times Notable Book of 2020, and a Time Magazine Must-Read Book of 2020. It was also a Reese’s Book Club pick. Her book, Global Norms and Local Action: The Campaigns to End Violence Against Women in Africa, was published by Oxford University Press in 2020. She has won numerous awards for her scholarship and has held several fellowships, including the Oxford-Princeton Global Leaders Fellowship. She holds a PhD in public and international affairs from the University of Pittsburgh and a BA in geography from the University of Ghana.

Product details

• Authors: Peace Adzo Medie
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780861540693
• ISBN: 978-0-86154-069-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Ghana, FICTION / General, FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / City Life, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, Family life fiction, Fiction: narrative themes, FICTION / Feminist, FICTION / Urban & Street Lit, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Wedding / Marriage