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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives: A Novel
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives A Novel Author:Lola Shoneyin 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 . . . A plump, vain, and prosperous middle-aged man of robust appetites, Baba Segi is the patriarch of a large household that includes a quartet of wives and seven children. But ... more »his desire to possess more just might be his undoing. And his wives . . . Iya Segithe bride of Baba Segi's youth, a powerful, vindictive woman who will stop at nothing to protect her favored position as ruler of her husband's home. Iya TopeBaba Segi's second wife, a shy, timid woman whose decency and lust for life are overshadowed by fear. Iya Femithe third wife, a scheming woman with crimson lips and expensive tastes who is determined to attain all that she desires, no matter what the cost. BolanleBabi Segi's fourth and youngest wife, an educated woman wise to life's misfortunes who inspires jealousy in her fellow wives . . . and who harbors a secret that will expose shocking truths about them all.« less