{"product_id":"the-son-of-the-housebooks","title":"The Son of the House","description":"\u003ci\u003eSHORTLISTED for the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 • WINNER of the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2021 • SHORTLISTED for the Chinua Achebe Prize for Nigerian Writing 2021 • WINNER of the SprinNG Women Authors Prize 2020 • WINNER of the Best International Fiction Book Award, Sharjah International Book Fair 2019\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Son of the House\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling novel about two women caught in a constricting web of tradition, class, gender, and motherhood.” — \u003ci\u003eFOREWORD REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEducated 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePulsing 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.","brand":"Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, Cheluchi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":43684303831264,"sku":"","price":13.2,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/BNCImageAPI_a57e5e0d-8ce8-4656-921f-fa99d35a0dbf.jpg?v=1669042669","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-son-of-the-housebooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}