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THE SECRET LIVES OF THE FOUR WIVES
By: Lola Shoneyin
HarperCollins
July 2011
On Sale: July 5, 2011
Featuring: Bolanle; Baba Segi; Iya Femi
400 pages
ISBN: 0061946389
EAN: 9780061946387
Kindle: B003P2VMXO
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Women's Fiction
When Baba Segi awoke with a bellyache for the sixth day in a row, he knew it was time to do something drastic about his fourth wife's childlessness. Meet Baba Segi . . . A plump, vain, and prosperous middle-aged man of robust appetites, Baba Segi is the patriarch of a large household that includes a quartet of wives and seven children. But his desire to possess more just might be his undoing. And his wives . . . Iya Segi--the bride of Baba Segi's youth, a powerful, vindictive woman who will stop at nothing to protect her favored position as ruler of her husband's home. Iya Tope--Baba Segi's second wife, a shy, timid woman whose decency and lust for life are overshadowed by fear. Iya Femi--the third wife, a scheming woman with crimson lips and expensive tastes who is determined to attain all that she desires, no matter what the cost. Bolanle--Babi Segi's fourth and youngest wife, an educated woman wise to life's misfortunes who inspires jealousy in her fellow wives . . . and who harbors a secret that will expose shocking truths about them all.
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