House Woman
by Adorah Nworah
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Pub Date 4 Jan 2024 | Archive Date 4 Mar 2024
HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction | The Borough Press
Description
One 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.
A 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.
But she is no ordinary wife.
In 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…
Unpredictable and unsettling, HOUSE WOMAN is a delicious thriller you will never be able to forget.
‘A jaw-dropping debut of intimate horror perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Daisy Johnson’ Amy Gentry, author of BAD HABITS
‘A modern successor to Gaslight: disorienting and disturbing’ Kirkus Review
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780008502737 |
| PRICE | £5.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 288 |
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Featured Reviews
Aiste B, Reviewer
I couldn't put down the book until finished it. Nigerian emigrants in the USA. They arrive with own expectations and try to transfer the previous life to different conditions. Something works and something doesn't. Sometimes unfortunate people in the other country will be even more unfortunate.
I loved the book and will look for more books written by this author.
Book Trade Professional 716953
This was a harsh but gripping book. It's the kind of book that gets you reading almost through your fingers, but it's so intriguing that you can't stop. It seems Ikemefuna has endured so many things and then it keeps surprising you with even more hardship.
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