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The Son of the House

Written by: Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia
Narrated by: Nene Nwoko
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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 jewelry 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.

Contains mature themes.

©2019 Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia; illustration copyright Costus spectabilis by Matilda Smith. Plate from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1905 Royal Tour Nigeria: Brian Brake; photographer; January 1956; Lagos (used by permission of the Museum of New Zealand) (P)2022 Tantor Literary Fiction Women's Fiction

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the story was great!

the fact that Julie went to England with afam and could get away with his birth lies didn't feel right

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