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The son of the house / Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia.

by Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, Cheluchi, 1978-

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Kidnapping -- Fiction.

Women -- Fiction.

Social classes -- Fiction.

Nigeria -- Fiction.

9781459747081 (pbk.)

304 p. ; 22 cm.

Originally published: Cape Town, South Africa : Penguin Books, 2019.

"Celebrating the resilience of women as they navigate and transform what remains a man's world. In the city of Enugu in the 1970s, young Nwabulu dreams of becoming a typist as she endures her employers' endless chores. Although a housemaid since the age of ten, she is tall and beautiful and in love with a rich man's son. Educated and privileged, Julie is a modern woman. Living on her own, she is happy to collect the gold jewellery love-struck Eugene brings her, but has no intention of becoming his second wife. When dramatic events straight out of a movie force Nwabulu and Julie into a dank room years later, the two women relate the stories of their lives as they await their fate. Pulsing with vitality and intense human drama, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia's debut is set against four decades of vibrant Nigeria, and celebrates the resilience of women as they navigate and transform what remains a man's world."--Publisher.

Winner of the Best International Fiction Book Award, Sharjah International Book Fair 2019.

Literary fiction.

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