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The son of the house / Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia.
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781459747081 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 278 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Dundurn Press, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: Cape Town, South Africa : Penguin Books, 2019. |
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| Subject: | Abused women > Fiction. Kidnapping > Fiction. Social classes > Nigeria, Southern > Fiction. Women > Nigeria, Southern > Fiction. Enugu (Nigeria) > Fiction. Nigeria, Southern > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Onyem | 31681010234573 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"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 secondwife. 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."-- - Baker & Taylor
In the Nigerian city of Enugu, two women â Nwabulu, a beautiful housemaid who is in love with a rich manâs son, and Julie, educated and privileged, relate the stories of their lives as they await their fate. Original. - Ingram Publishing Services
Pulsing with vitality and intense human drama, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobiaâs debut is set against four decades of vibrant Nigeria and celebrates the resilience of women as they navigate and transform what remains a manâs world. - Ingram Publishing Services
SHORTLISTED for the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 ⢠WINNER of the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2021 ⢠SHORTLISTED for the Chinua Achebe Prize for Nigerian Writing 2021 ⢠WINNER of the SprinNG Women Authors Prize 2020 ⢠WINNER of the Best International Fiction Book Award, Sharjah International Book Fair 2019
âThe Son of the House is a compelling novel about two women caught in a constricting web of tradition, class, gender, and motherhood.â â FOREWORD REVIEWS, starred review
The lives of two Nigerian women divided by class and social inequality intersect when they're kidnapped, held captive, and forced to await their fate together.
In the Nigerian city of Enugu, young Nwabulu, a housemaid since the age of ten, dreams of becoming a typist as she endures her employersâ endless chores. She is tall and beautiful and in love with a rich manâs son.
Educated and privileged, Julie is a modern woman. Living on her own, she is happy to collect the gold jewellery lovestruck Eugene brings her, but has no intention of becoming his second wife.
When a kidnapping forces 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-Onuobiaâs debut is set against four decades of vibrant Nigeria, celebrating the resilience of women as they navigate and transform what remains a manâs world. - Univ of Toronto Pr
WINNER — Best International Fiction Book Award, 2019 Sharjah International Book Fair
The lives of two Nigerian women divided by class and social inequality intersect when they're kidnapped, held captive and forced to await their fate together.
In the Nigerian city of Enugu, young Nwabulu, a housemaid since the age of ten, dreams of becoming a typist as she endures her employers’ endless chores. 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 lovestruck Eugene brings her, but has no intention of becoming his second wife.
When a kidnapping forces 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, celebrating the resilience of women as they navigate and transform what remains a man’s world. - Univ of Toronto Pr
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.
