Loved itThe next author that was really good that was new to me was The Secret Lives of Baba sii's wives was Lola Shen
The secret lives of Baba Segi's wives (2010)
Others: Positive Baba Segi's fourth wife, the young, college-educated Bolanle, sends his household into turmoil, causing his other three wives to become jealous and resentful and to plot her downfall.
- ISBN:
- 9780061946370
- Length:
- 280 pages
Lists: …
Similar books
1 of 6
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Tracy Chevalier
1999 · 252 pages · 2 reviews
Others: PositiveThis book "centres on Vermeer's prosperous household in Delft in the 1660s. The appointment of the quiet, perceptive heroine of the novel, the servant Griet, gradually throws the household into turmoil as Vermeer and Griet become increasingly intimate, an increasingly tense situation that culminates in her working for Vermeer as his assistant, and ultimately sitting for him as a model. Chevalier deliberately cultivates a limpid, painstakingly observed style in homage to Vermeer, and the complex domestic tensions of the Vermeer household are vividly evoked, from the jealous, vain, young wife to the wise, taciturn mother-in-law. At times the relationship between servant and master seems a little anachronistic, but Girl with a Pearl Earring does contain a final delicious twist in its tail."--Product description.
House of Stone
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
2018 · 400 pages · 2 reviews
Others: PositiveIn the chronic turmoil of modern Zimbabwe, Abednego and Agnes Mlambo's teenage son, Bukhosi, has gone missing, and the Mlambos fear the worst. Their enigmatic lodger, Zamani, seems too helpful in the search, ingratiating himself into their lives, knowing that the one who controls the narrative inherits the future.
Why?
What made the match, strongest first
Brown Girl Reading loved both52%Similar descriptionsPersonalize your recommendations48%A Brief History of Seven Killings
Marlon James
2014 · 696 pages · 4 reviews
Others: Overwhelmingly positive"From the acclaimed writer of The Book of Night Women comes a masterful novel framed as a fictional oral history that explores the events and characters surrounding the attempted assassination of Bob Marley during the political turmoil on Jamaica in the late 1970s"--
Why?
What made the match, strongest first
Brown Girl Reading loved both54%Similar descriptionsPersonalize your recommendations46%Night of the Living Dummy
R.L. Stine
1993 · 134 pages · 1 review
Others: PositiveLindy finds a ventriloquist's dummy and has fun learning to make him move and talk. Kris is jealous, and decides to get a dummy of her own. Then nasty evil things begin to happen. No way can a dummy be causing all the trouble. Or is there?
Baudolino
Umberto Eco
2000 · 527 pages · 2 reviews
Others: PositiveBorn a simple peasant in northern Italy, Baudolino narrates the story of his life, from his adoption by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and his education in Paris to his arrival in Constantinople during the turmoil of the Fourth Crusade.
The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese
2023 · 1 review
Others: PositiveSpanning the years 1900 to 1977, three generations of a Christian family in Kerala, South India, suffer a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning. As the novel opens, a twelve-year-old girl is sent by boat to her wedding, where she meets her husband for the first time. She joins a prosperous household and becomes known as Big Ammachi, the matriarch of an extraordinary family that will endure hardship, celebrate triumph, and witness unthinkable changes over the coming decades.
Why?
What made the match, strongest first
Brown Girl Reading loved both63%Similar descriptionsPersonalize your recommendations37%
Loved it