Ebook {Epub PDF} The Secret Lives of Baba Segis Wives by Lola Shoneyin

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. ISBN: SKU: BK The story is set in Nigeria and as the author reveals the background of each wife, you come to realize how personal fears and a need for security led them to their current situation. Lola Shoneyin is an excellent storyteller and manages to hold the big secret of the wives until the end of the book. Her debut novel, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives (), was long-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction and won the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award. After teaching both in Nigeria and abroad for many years, Shoneyin now lives in /5().

Lola Shoneyin. Lola Shoneyin. When Nexflix announced a series adaptation of Lola Shoneyin's award winning novel, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives, it didn't take long for twitter fans. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives is a scandalous, engrossing tale of sexual politics and family strife in modern-day Nigeria. Lola Shoneyin 's bestselling novel bursts on to the stage in a vivid adaptation by Caine Award-winning playwright Rotimi Babatunde. Femi Elufowoju, jr directs a multi-talented West African ensemble in the UK. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives. A Novel. By: Lola Shoneyin. Narrated by: Lola Shoneyin. Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins. Unabridged Audiobook. Categories: Literature Fiction, Genre Fiction. out of 5 stars.

Shoneyin’s prose is poetic and musical, the words on the page sing, yet there are no convoluted sentences and every word has its place. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives is many things: it is hilarious, suspenseful, shocking and an altogether wonderful read. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin. Publication Date: J; Hardcover: pages; Publisher: William Morrow; ISBN ; ISBN Interlacing the voices of Baba Segi and his four wives throughout the novel Lola Shoneyin brilliantly captures the entangled lives of a polygamous Nigerian family. From the back cover 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. Meet Baba Segi.