Flora Nwapa is Nigeria's first woman novelist, author of highly praised "Efuru", "Idu", "This is Lagos and other stories, "Never again", "Wives at war" and "Women are different". *** This is the powerful and compelling story of a woman's struggle to find an independent and fulfilling life of her own. After six years of happy, tough childless, marriage, Amaka, at thirty, is shattered to discover that her husband plans to take another wife - a woman who has already borne him two sons in secret. She makes a brave decision. Rather than stay in the comfort and security of her marital home, she will go to Lagos and try to make a fresh start in her life.


