{"product_id":"house-woman-9780008502713","title":"House Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eIn HOUSE WOMAN, a young Nigerian woman is forced into marriage with a Houston man and finds herself trapped in a violent and abusive household. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 04 January 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy name is Ikemefuna Nwosu, and I am your wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne day in Lagos, young dancer Ikemefuna is put on a plane to Houston to meet her new husband, Nna. Promises are made to her – about her education, about the man she will marry, about her freedom. None of them are kept.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA few months later, self-professed feminist Nna finds a beautiful woman cooking in his parents' kitchen. They tell him Ikemefuna is his wife, there to give them the grandson they've been waiting for. She appears obedient, malleable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut she is no ordinary wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Texas heat, patience runs on short supply, and the atmosphere in the house becomes increasingly strained, increasingly violent. Desperation makes people do strange things...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnpredictable and unsettling, HOUSE WOMAN  is a delicious thriller you will never be able to forget.  –––\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Haunting . . . a neo-gothic thriller, complete with a magnificently horrifying villain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A modern successor to  Gaslight : disorienting and disturbing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Unflinching, unforgettable Layne Fargo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Gripping  Glamour\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Impressive and moving  Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 402g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 144 x 224 x 28 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780008502713\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adorah Nworah","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44964071014650,"sku":"9780008502713","price":12.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1704461029437_book.jpg?v=1704527397","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/house-woman-9780008502713","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}