Named one of the five best dark comedy novels of all time by Oyinkan Braithwaite Longlisted
for the Women's Prize for Fiction Coming soon to Netflix 'Comic tragic topical and
entertaining in equal measure' - Bernardine Evaristo To the dismay of her ambitious mother
Bolanle marries into a polygamous family where she is the fourth wife of a rich rotund
patriarch Baba Segi. She is a graduate and therefore considered a great prize in Nigeria but
even graduates must produce children and her husband's persistent bellyache is a sign that
things are not as they should be. She only wants to escape to a quiet life but the others
disapprove of the newest youngest cleverest addition to the family. Treated with respect by
her husband she is viewed with suspicion by her seniors - who fear she may unlock their
well-guarded secret. Through the voices of Baba Segi and his four wives Lola Shoneyin weaves
a vibrant story of love secrets and a family like every other - happy and unhappy truthful
and not sometimes kind sometimes competitive always bound by blood and the past.
