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His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie

His Only Wife

by Peace Adzo Medie
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  • Sep 1, 2020, 288 pages
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  • Aug 2021, 304 pages
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"Please, I want to go to fashion school ... sewing school."

"That's good. Which one?"

"Emm ... please, I'm still thinking about that."

"Okay. I will ask Yaya to help you look."

"Thank you," I said, relieved. It was only after this that I realized that we, as husband and wife, had just had a conversation.

Excerpted from His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie. Copyright © 2020 by Peace Adzo Medie. Excerpted by permission of Algonquin Books. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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