This is not a book to read with one eye on a beach volleyball tournament it’s a story to soak up in silence, on a long, cloudy afternoon when you have time to think. “ Peace Adzo Medie’s mesmerizing debut novel lives up to both the power of its first sentence and the promise of its author’s first name. But it is Accra that eventually wins Afi’s heart and gives her a life of independence that she never could have imagined for herself. It turns out that he is in love with another woman, whom his family disapproves of Afi is supposed to win him back on their behalf. He sends a stand-in to his own wedding, and only weeks after Afi is married and installed in a plush apartment in the capital city of Accra does she meet her new husband. She acquiesces, but soon realizes that Elikem is not quite the catch he seemed. Then one day she is offered a life-changing opportunity-a proposal of marriage from the wealthy family of Elikem Ganyo, a man she doesn’t truly know. She lives in a small town in Ghana with her widowed mother, spending much of her time in her uncle Pious’s house with his many wives and children. “Elikem married me in absentia he did not come to our wedding.”Īfi Tekple is a young seamstress whose life is narrowing rapidly.
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