02872cam a2200337 4500 529724822 TxAuBib 20211108120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781459747104 1459747100 B082WRML47 Amazon 9ee3e13d-ee60-4b10-abb8-98dea2437168 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5962101 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, Cheluchi. The Son of the House [Libby]. Dundurn Press, 2021. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 784kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. African American Fiction. Literature. HTML:<i>LONGLISTED for the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021</i> <ul> <li><i>FINALIST for the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2021</i></li> <li><i>WINNER of the SprinNG Women Authors Prize 2020</i></li> <li><i>WINNER of the Best International Fiction Book Award, Sharjah International Book Fair 2019</i><br /> <b>"<i>The Son of the House</i> is a compelling novel about two women caught in a constricting web of tradition, class, gender, and motherhood." — <i>FOREWORD REVIEWS</i>, starred review<br /> 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.</b><br /> 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.<br /> 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.<br /> 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.<br /> 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.</li> </ul>. Media Type: eBook. Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9ee3e13d-ee60-4b10-abb8-98dea2437168&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9ee3e13d-ee60-4b10-abb8-98dea2437168&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9ee3e13d-ee60-4b10-abb8-98dea2437168&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)