Lola Shoneyin

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

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African-born poet Lola Shoneyin makes her fiction debut with The Secret Lives of Babi Segi’s Wives, a perceptive, entertaining, and eye-opening novel of polygamy in modern-day Nigeria. The struggles, rivalries, intricate family politics, and the interplay of personalities and relationships within the complex private world of a polygamous union come to life in The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s WivesBig Love and The 19th Wife set against a contemporary African background.schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />

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257 printed pages
Publication year
2010
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  • Refiloe Masitashared an impression3 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    🔮Hidden Depths
    💡Learnt A Lot
    🎯Worthwhile
    💞Loved Up
    🌴Beach Bag Book
    🚀Unputdownable
    😄LOLZ
    💧Soppy

    what a wonderful treat it was reading this book. from the first page my thoughts were that of disappointments that I hadn't read this a long time ago. I enjoyed the hidden depth of it, the funny parts and the sad parts too.. I am honestly ready for more works of Lola Shonelyin

  • altheareid83shared an impression9 years ago
    🚀Unputdownable

    Interesting story

  • Liloshared an impressionlast year
    👍Worth reading

Quotes

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    Women are such fickle creatures! They will eventually destroy this world with their slippery, slimy snails.
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    . I tell you, when a woman wants you, it is better to surrender and let her take you. Afterward, you will feel like a polished coin.
  • Lilohas quotedlast year
    It was at that moment that I realized that I meant very little to him.

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