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The Secret Lives of the Four Wives: A Novel

Author Lola Shoneyin
Publisher William Morrow Paperbacks
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Author(s)Lola Shoneyin
ISBN / ASINB008SLRL28
ISBN-13978B008SLRL28
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Sales Rank1,650,166
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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"I didn't just happen upon this room; I dreamed of the pale green walls before I arrived."

Attempting to rise above the secrets of her past, Bolanle, a university graduate, marries Baba Segi, who promises her everything in exchange for agreeing to become his fourth wife. Thus she enters into a polygamous world filled with expensive clothes, a generous monthly allowance . . . and three Segi wives who disapprove of the newest, youngest, most educated addition to the family. There's Iya Femi, a fiery vixen with a taste for money; Iya Tope, a shy woman whose kindness is eclipsed by terror; and Iya Segi, the first, most lethal, and merciless of them all.

Bolanle quickly becomes Baba Segi's prized possession . . . until her very presence unlocks a secret that the other wives have long since guarded, and unleashing it could change life as they know it.