Description: Afi Tekple is a young seamstress in Ghana. Convinced by her mother to marry a wealthy businessman she does not know, Afi moves from her small hometown of Ho to live in Accra, Ghana's gleaming capital, a place of wealth and sophistication 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 maybe not?
Brief description:
Peace Adzo Medie is a Ghanaian writer and senior lecturer in gender and international politics at the University of Bristol in England. Prior to that she was a research fellow at the University of Ghana. She has published several short stories and one novel. She is an award-winning scholar and has received several fellowships. She holds a PhD in public and international affairs from the University of Pittsburgh and a BA degree in geography from the University of Ghana. She was born in Liberia.
Review Quotes:
[A] rich, rewarding debut novel...mesmerizing...It's a story to soak up in silence, on a long, cloudy afternoon when you have time to think."
-- "New York Times"