The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
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Lola Shoneyin
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Lola Shoneyin
About this listen
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. 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 a great prize, 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.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-02-21
Awesome
This is an awesome book! Thank God the author decided to perform the audiobook herself..... So we didn't have to put up with ghastly and distracting mispronunciations by well meaning performers.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-05-23
Amazing book!!!!!
Love love this book!!! I bought the book and also listened to the audio!!! Love the twist at the end of the book and all the characters were amazing!!! Look forward to reading more books from the author!!!
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- Elsie Akerele
- 10-02-24
Brilliant performance by the narrator. Highly Entertaining!!!
It felt a bit of a slow burn to begin with but I guess that was setting the plot and building the characters. Once it got underway I couldn’t stop listening, The story is cleverly interwoven.
Wanting justice to be served to the wives , I felt a slight frustration at the conclusion of this book but just as I was about to write the author off, I realised it was actually the only logical end not to mention option for Baba Segi. He stood to lose everything otherwise.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-06-21
I enjoyed it
My third book with a Nigerian theme and I did enjoy it. it was a bit disjointed at times but got there.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-06-21
Loved it!
Very interesting. Love that it is narrated by the writer. Unexpected turns that left me eager to know more.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-09-21
Human story
Several excellent human stories woven together with some twisting & turning and not the predictable ending.
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- Joyce Amma
- 07-10-21
Great narration
I so loved this book. The narration was just brilliant! Lola Shoneyin has the most wicked laugh and I found myself in stitches every time she laughed. I was sorry when it ended, though I felt the ending to be perfect.
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- hkatsonga
- 17-09-22
Brilliant
I could not put the book down. Brilliantly written. Captivating characters and storyline. Far more creative than Chimamanda!
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- Mrs C McMillan
- 12-09-22
Memorable
This is a wonderful book and I hope that the author will write another one
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- Nkiru Bosah
- 25-02-23
Wonderful in All Aspects!
I’d already read the book before and loved it, so decided to try this, especially since it was narrated by the author. This was fantastic! Excellent decision for the author to narrate this because she expressed and interpreted every emotion in a culturally relevant way, which may have been lost had someone else narrated it.
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