Cassie McCullough

Penny, you read Marco Missaroli's Fidelity, a novel in translation from the Italian.

And Sefakor, you've read the book His Only Wife by Peace Adjomidi.

And let's start there in a small town in Ghana.

Peace Adjo Meady is a Ghanaian academic and writer, now based in England, where she works on gender studies and international conflict.

One of her books is called Global Norms and Location Action, the campaigns to end violence against women in Africa.

But that's not the one we're talking about today on the bookshelf, Kate.

So it really felt authentic to you.

It did.

But hang on, can I just go back for a sec?

The story you said started on this young woman, Afi's, wedding day.

So it's a celebration, begins the novel, and who's she marrying?

Well, that's a good question, isn't it, Sefakor?

So in the book, in this case, is it a bona fide marriage?

Has Afi met Elikim?

Well, she knows him.

Not that 60-year-olds aren't hot.

Gosh, I got into that.

Okay, so that explains the title.

Oh, she's from Liberia as well.

Yes.