'A rich debut... an engrossing and beautifully written domestic tale of polygamy and rivalry' Harpers Bazaar
Lola Shoneyin has published three collections of poems. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives is her debut novel. Having lived in London and the South East for several years, Shoneyin has recently moved to Abuja, Nigeria, and teaches drama and English at a local school.
A Rabelaisian picture of polygamous marriage,comically capturing
the physical realities of ordinary Nigerian life.
*Giles Foden*
A funny and moving story told with love and compassion ... a jewel
of a novel
*Petina Gappah*
Riotous... this debut novel is a real eye-opener: a deft,
compelling and unsettling tale.
*Irish Examiner*
This deft, lightly spun story packs quite a punch. Shoneyin's
unravelling of a family is rooted in and flavoured by Nigeria, but
speaks more widely. It is a book you'll want to eat in a sitting -
and then start again
*Diran Adebayo*
This first novel is a compelling, unsettling tale of a polygamous
household and the women within Baba Segi's walls. Shoneyin's
sharply written portrait of a family and a nation gripped by the
past, yet surging into modernity, manages to be funny,
disconcerting and violent all at once. An utterly gripping
read.
*Patricia Duncker*
A rich debut... an engrossing and beautifully written domestic tale
of polygamy and rivalry set in her native Nigeria.
*Harper's Bazaar*
Riveting... a truly compelling tale...
*The Voice*
An engrossing portrayal of a polygamous household... a rich
portrait of a family on the verge of collapse.
*The List*
An insightful and compelling tale set within a polygamous
household
*Pride*
A novel of clamorous intensity. With such Chaucerian tumult, one
expects comedy and there is certainly some humour here, but much
pain too... Shoneyin's language is that of a poet, both extravagant
and exact... Well-structured and with a gratifying resolution.
*Guardian*
Exquisitely written... Shoneyin's prose is by turns violent,
evocative, witty, humane and gripping.
*Mslexia*
A bodacious first novel
*Wasafiri*
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