Esi decides to divorce after enduring yet another morning's marital rape. Though her friends and family remain baffled by her decision , Esi holds fast. When she falls in love with a married man—wealthy, and able to arrange a polygamous marriage—the modern woman finds herself trapped in a new set of problems. Witty and compelling, Aidoo's novel, "inaugurates a new realist style in African literature."
Esi decides to divorce after enduring yet another morning's marital rape. Though her friends and family remain baffled by her decision , Esi holds fast. When she falls in love with a married man—wealthy, and able to arrange a polygamous marriage—the modern woman finds herself trapped in a new set of problems. Witty and compelling, Aidoo's novel, "inaugurates a new realist style in African literature."