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Foluso Agbaje
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Kehinde must put everything on the line to find herself during a time of war.
Lagos, 1939
With the announcement of World War Two and a change that sends shockwaves through her family, Kehinde is forced to put aside her dreams of writing and become the third wife of Mr Ogunjobi.
Kehinde makes her peace by selling snacks at a small market. When she gets the chance to assist the leader of the Lagos Market Women's Association, fighting for the rights the British are trying to take away, Kehinde finally feels useful again.
But if her husband finds out he’ll abandon her.
Can Kehinde find the courage to fight for herself and the other women of Lagos? Or will she remain a caged bird, a parlour wife, forever.
A poignant story of a young Nigerian woman, living with the consequences of a war her country didn’t choose.
Praise for The Parlour Wife:
'1940's Nigeria as you've rarely seen it … Kehinde's journey to discovering her own voice, and ultimately her own autonomy, will resonate with many. A delightful debut!’
Chioma Okereke, author of Water Baby
'A delightful and evocative journey that starts in the heart of a young woman in Lagos whose destiny is threatened when the clouds of family and societal expectations, thesecond World War and the new wave of change sweeping West Africa make their impact on her life and choices'
Ola Awonubi, author of A Nurse’s Tale
'We all studied WW2, but Nigeria’s role, as a British colony, doesn’t feature in many books. Agbage corrects this in her poignant debut. I rooted for feisty Kehinde from the get-go. It’s not easy to be a feminist when you’re a third wife and destined for the parlour – her courage was wonderfully written'
Nikki May, author of Wahala and This Motherless Land
'Written in a warm, compassionate voice, Foluso Agbaje’s The Parlour Wife is a harmonious marriage of historical events and memorable characters'
Sefi Atta, author of The Bad Immigrant
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Nina, a teenage runaway, wakes up in the unfamiliar stairwell of a Tel Aviv apartment in a torn minidress. As her memory starts to resurface—the abusive older man she’s running away from, the crime she witnessed—she knows one thing: she needs to find a place to hide. When one of the building’s tenants, Carmela, a lonely old widow suffering from memory loss, mistakes Nina for her granddaughter she hasn’t seen in years, Nina jumps at the opportunity for a safe haven. Soon, the two strangers become each other’s lifeline as Nina settles into the apartment with sweet, reassuring Carmela.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Goodness prevails.
- De Amazon Customer en 09-17-24
De: Lihi Lapid
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You're Embarrassing Yourself
- Stories of Love, Lust, and Movies
- De: Desiree Akhavan
- Narrado por: Desiree Akhavan
- Duración: 5 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Writer, actor, and director Desiree Akhavan shares the stories she was told to shut up about—hilarious, horny, heartbreaking tales of a life in pursuit of art, love, and a better haircut.
De: Desiree Akhavan
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A New Night
- The Dead Soul Series, Book 2
- De: R. I. Polsgrove
- Narrado por: Rick Murphy
- Duración: 8 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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Ryane and Quinn settle into life together. Quinn is attentive and gentle with her. Ryane learns more about him and his world. But then she uncovers a shocking secret about one of his past kills. It will test the limits of love and friendship.
De: R. I. Polsgrove
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Giovanni's Room
- A Novel (Vintage International)
- De: James Baldwin, Kevin Young - introduction
- Narrado por: Matt Bomer, Kevin Young
- Duración: 6 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 108
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 108
James Baldwin's groundbreaking novel with a new introduction, Giovanni's Room is set in the Paris of the 1950s, where a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality. David has just proposed marriage to his American girlfriend, but while she is away on a trip he becomes involved in a doomed affair with a bartender named Giovanni.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding Narration
- De Charisse Paradiso en 09-07-24
De: James Baldwin, y otros
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Moonbound
- A Novel
- De: Robin Sloan
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman
- Duración: 10 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 112
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 100
It is eleven thousand years from now . . . A lot has happened, and yet a lot is still very familiar. Ariel is a boy in a small town under a wizard’s rule. Like many adventurers before him, Ariel is called to explore a world full of unimaginable glories and challenges: unknown enemies, a mission to save the world, a girl. Here, as they say, be dragons. But none of this happens before Ariel comes across an artifact from an earlier civilization, a sentient, record-keeping artificial intelligence that carries with it the perspective of the whole of human history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Now one of my favorite books
- De Leif Hansen en 07-06-24
De: Robin Sloan
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The East Indian
- A Novel
- De: Brinda Charry
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 10 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Meet Tony: insatiably curious, deeply compassionate, with a unique perspective on every scene he encounters. Kidnapped and transported to the New World after traveling from the British East India Company’s outpost on the Coromandel Coast to the teeming streets of London, young Tony finds himself in Jamestown, Virginia, where he and his fellow indentured servants—boys like himself, men from Africa, a mad woman from London—must work the tobacco plantations. Orphaned and afraid, Tony initially longs for home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What an adventure!
- De eileen en 06-07-23
De: Brinda Charry
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On Her Own
- A Novel
- De: Lihi Lapid
- Narrado por: Emily Lawrence
- Duración: 11 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 17
Nina, a teenage runaway, wakes up in the unfamiliar stairwell of a Tel Aviv apartment in a torn minidress. As her memory starts to resurface—the abusive older man she’s running away from, the crime she witnessed—she knows one thing: she needs to find a place to hide. When one of the building’s tenants, Carmela, a lonely old widow suffering from memory loss, mistakes Nina for her granddaughter she hasn’t seen in years, Nina jumps at the opportunity for a safe haven. Soon, the two strangers become each other’s lifeline as Nina settles into the apartment with sweet, reassuring Carmela.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Goodness prevails.
- De Amazon Customer en 09-17-24
De: Lihi Lapid
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A Reluctant Queen
- The Love Story of Esther
- De: Joan Wolf
- Narrado por: Sarah Zimmerman
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 10
She was a simple girl faced with an impossible choice. He was a magnificent king with a lonely heart. Their love was the divine surprise that changed the course of history. The beloved story of Esther springs to fresh life in this inspired novel that vibrates with mystery, intrigue, and romance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful
- De Marni Adler-Rogers en 08-22-23
De: Joan Wolf
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Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow
- A Novel
- De: Damilare Kuku
- Narrado por: Weruche Opia
- Duración: 6 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
In Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow, Damilare Kuku brings her signature humor, boldness, and compassion to each member of this loveable but exasperating family, whose lives reveal the ways in which a woman’s physical appearance can dictate her life and relationships and show just how sharp the double-edged sword of beauty can be.
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5 out of 5 stars
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EXCELLENCE
- De Stephan Edmonds en 03-11-25
De: Damilare Kuku
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A Broken People's Playlist
- Stories (from Songs)
- De: Chimeka Garricks
- Narrado por: Nneka Okoye, Atta Otigba
- Duración: 6 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16
A Broken People’s Playlist is set to the soundtrack of life, comprised of twelve music-inspired tales about love, the human condition, micro-moments, and the search for meaning and sometimes, redemption. It is also Chimeka Garricks’s love letter to his native city, Port Harcourt, introducing us to a cast of indelible characters in these loosely interlocked tales.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful Short Story Collection
- De Bernie en 10-20-24
De: Chimeka Garricks
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What Happened to Rachel Riley?
- De: Claire Swinarski
- Narrado por: Ferdelle Capistrano, Alexandra Hunter, Karla Serrato, y otros
- Duración: 5 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 17
Anna Hunt may be the new girl at East Middle School, but she can already tell there’s something off about her eighth-grade class. Rachel Riley, who just last year was one of the most popular girls in school, has become a social outcast. But no one, including Rachel Riley herself, will tell Anna why.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- De Karey Ponist en 02-27-25
De: Claire Swinarski
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The Forgotten Sister
- De: Nicola Cornick
- Narrado por: Kristin Atherton
- Duración: 11 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 311
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 277
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 277
In the tradition of the spellbinding historical novels of Philippa Gregory and Kate Morton comes a stunning story based on a real-life Tudor mystery, of a curse that echoes through the centuries and shapes two women’s destinies....1560: Amy Robsart is trapped in a loveless marriage to Robert Dudley, a member of the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Surrounded by enemies and with nowhere left to turn, Amy hatches a desperate scheme to escape - one with devastating consequences that will echo through the centuries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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LOVE LOVE LOVE
- De Julie Ann en 11-16-20
De: Nicola Cornick
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Knife
- Meditations After an Attempted Murder
- De: Salman Rushdie
- Narrado por: Salman Rushdie
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 553
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 498
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 498
On the morning of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the Chautauqua Institution, preparing to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm, when a man in black—black clothes, black mask—rushed down the aisle toward him, wielding a knife. His first thought: So it’s you. Here you are. What followed was a horrific act of violence that shook the literary world and beyond.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Triumph of Life
- De Donna Ponte en 04-17-24
De: Salman Rushdie
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The Lost English Girl
- De: Julia Kelly
- Narrado por: Danielle Cohen, Raphael Corkhill
- Duración: 14 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Liverpool, 1935: Raised in a strict Catholic family, Viv Byrne knows what’s expected of her: marry a Catholic man from her working-class neighborhood and have his children. However, when she finds herself pregnant after a fling with Joshua Levinson, a Jewish man with dreams of becoming a famous jazz musician, Viv knows that a swift wedding is the only answer. Her only solace is that marrying Joshua will mean escaping her strict mother’s scrutiny. But when Joshua makes a life-changing choice on their wedding day, Viv is forced once again into the arms of her disapproving family.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Realistic Without Being Maudlin
- De Blessedbybooks en 05-29-23
De: Julia Kelly
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Nightbloom
- De: Peace Adzo Medie
- Narrado por: Jessica Sarkodie, Ekua Ekumah, Sarah Dorgbadzi
- Duración: 12 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
When Selasi and Akorfa were young girls in Ghana, they were more than just cousins; they were inseparable. Selasi was exuberant and funny, Akorfa quiet and studious. They would do anything for each other, imploring their parents to let them be together, sharing their secrets and desires and private jokes. Then Selasi begins to change, becoming hostile and quiet; her grades suffer; she builds a space around herself, shutting Akorfa out.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unique but universal
- De Carly en 09-04-23
De: Peace Adzo Medie
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Creation Lake
- A Novel
- De: Rachel Kushner
- Narrado por: Rachel Kushner
- Duración: 11 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 452
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 421
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 421
A thirty-four-year-old American woman—a secret agent—is sent to do dirty work in France. “Sadie Smith” is how the narrator introduces herself to her lover, to the rural commune of French subversives on whom she is keeping tabs, and to the reader. Sadie has met her love, Lucien, a young and well-born Parisian, by “cold bump”—making him believe the encounter was accidental. Like everyone Sadie targets, Lucien is useful to her and used by her. Sadie operates by strategy and dissimulation, based on what her “contacts”—shadowy figures in business and government—instruct.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Author should not have been the reader
- De Raj A. en 09-11-24
De: Rachel Kushner
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Madwoman
- De: Chelsea Bieker
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld
- Duración: 9 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Clove has gone to extremes to keep her past a secret. Thanks to her lies, she’s landed the life of her dreams, complete with a safe husband and two adoring children who will never know the terror that was routine in her own childhood. If her buried anxiety threatens to breach the surface, Clove (if that is really her name) focuses on finding the right supplement, the right gratitude meditation. But when she receives a letter from a women’s prison in California, her past comes screeching into the present, entangling her in a dangerous game with memory and the people she thought she had outrun.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Relevent
- De Medusa en 10-10-24
De: Chelsea Bieker
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Sucker Punch
- Essays
- De: Scaachi Koul
- Narrado por: Scaachi Koul
- Duración: 6 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Sucker Punch is about what happens when the life you thought you’d be living radically changes course, everything you thought you knew about the world and yourself has tilted on its axis, and you have to start forging a new path forward. Scaachi employs her biting wit to interrogate her previous belief that fighting is the most effective tool for progress.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Vulnerable yet funny and so so relatable!
- De Diana en 03-14-25
De: Scaachi Koul
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The Lagos Wife
- A Novel
- De: Vanessa Walters
- Narrado por: Dami Olukoya, Debra Michaels
- Duración: 10 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 239
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 239
Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband, a palatial house in the heart of Lagos, and a glamorous group of friends. She left gloomy London and a troubled family past behind for sunny Lagos, becoming part of the Nigerwives—a community of foreign women married to Nigerian men. But when Nicole disappears without a trace after a boat trip, the cracks in her alleged 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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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COULD. NOT. PUT. IT. DOWN.
- De CHuggBK en 05-06-23
De: Vanessa Walters
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- Anonymous User
- 09-24-24
Excellent work
I really liked the story, the voice of the narrator. This is my first audio fiction novel and the story was very clear, well done to the author
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- Anonymous User
- 12-03-24
Good listen
The pronunciation of some of the Yoruba words threw me off a little but it was good overall
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- Anonymous User
- 10-30-24
The writing and story line were outstanding!
I loved how the author took us on Kehinde’s journey of bravery. I found myself being happy, upset and happy again with Kehinde along the way. Beautifully written and would 10/10 recommend!
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-20-24
a beautiful love story
It's been a while I found a book I couldn't stop listening to. I loved it! it's a story of hope, perseverance and love. Highly recommend.
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