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The Nigerwife
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Good Morning America Book Club
"The perfect beach read...catapults you into a world that most of us have never seen before--and will have you glued to every page." --HuffPost
"White Lotus meets Big Little Lies" (Good Morning America) in this riveting domestic drama about a young woman who goes missing in Lagos, Nigeria, and her estranged auntie who will stop at nothing to find her.
Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a hand-some husband, a palatial house in the heart of glittering Lagos, and a glamorous group of friends. She left gloomy London and a troubled family past behind for sunny, moneyed Lagos, becoming part of the Nigerwives--a com-munity of foreign women married to Nigerian men.
But when Nicole disappears without a trace after a boat trip, the cracks in her so-called perfect life start to show. As the investigation turns up nothing but dead ends, her auntie Claudine decides to take matters into her own hands. Armed with only a cell phone and a plane ticket to Nigeria, she digs into her niece's life and uncov-ers a hidden side filled with dark secrets, isolation, and even violence. But the more she discovers about Nicole, the more Claudine's own buried history threatens to come to light.
An inventively told and keenly observant debut novel, The Nigerwife offers a razor-sharp look at the bonds of family, the echoing consequences of secrets, and whether we can ever truly outrun our past.
Book Details
- Publisher: Atria Books
- Publish Date: May 2nd, 2023
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.28in - 6.36in - 1.13in - 1.02lb
- EAN: 9781668011089
- Categories: • Thrillers - Suspense• African American & Black - Women• Literary
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Mark Anthony Neal is an author and professor of African American studies.
Vanessa Walters’ ‘The Nigerwife’ Explores The Dangers Of Wealth, Lust And Tradition in Lagos https://t.co/Y3GMwGkEFE
"The snap-crackle-pop dialogue is a treat, as is Claudine herself, a dignified woman who never lets encounters with both a modernizing world and a country that confuses her get in the way of doing right by her family."
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Praise for this book
"The Nigerwife is a hypnotically lush and atmospheric novel about the lengths we go to for the ones we love most and all the ways we weave past traumas into strength for the future. A stellar debut!" --Wanda M. Morris, award-winning author of All Her Little Secrets and Anywhere You Run
"The search for a missing woman, set against the backdrop of glamour and wealth, is utterly captivating. Lush, poignant and gripping with a killer ending to boot, The Nigerwife shows that sometimes the perfect life and the perfect marriage aren't exactly what they seem. Vanessa Walters is one to watch!" --Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of Local Woman Missing
"Dark secrets seethe beneath the glamorous lives of Nigeria's uber rich. A propulsive and complex tale of passion and betrayal. Electrifying!" --Liv Constantine, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish
"A remarkable book." --New York Journal of Books
"The Nigerwife is a gripping work of suspense, a psychological puzzle, a mystery, and a critique of marriage and high society ... In this riveting novel about a young woman's disappearance, Lagos high society hides personal struggles and larger cultural concerns." --Shelf Awareness
"The snap-crackle-pop dialogue is a treat."--NPR, 5 New Mysteries for the Start of Summer
"Cleverly keeps us guessing...is well worth reading, entrancing in its complex plotting and immersion in the Nigerian culture."--Mystery & Suspense Magazine
Paste Magazine, Must Read Thriller Books of Summer 2023
What people are saying
Mark Anthony Neal is an author and professor of African American studies.
Vanessa Walters’ ‘The Nigerwife’ Explores The Dangers Of Wealth, Lust And Tradition in Lagos https://t.co/Y3GMwGkEFE
"The snap-crackle-pop dialogue is a treat, as is Claudine herself, a dignified woman who never lets encounters with both a modernizing world and a country that confuses her get in the way of doing right by her family."