This wonderful book was chosen by Busy Mama Book Club and my oh my I'm so glad they chose it; this is a book I wouldn't have picked up for myself.

Yejide and Akin fell in love at University and married before they had graduated. They have both agreed that they will have a polygamist marriage and neither are interested in Akin taking several wives, even though it is expected of him.
After 4 years of marriage; Yejide has still not fallen pregnant even after consulting fertility doctors and healers; trying strange teas and unlikely cures. This however is not enough for their families and they are beginning to worry as people are beginning to talk and when they arrive one day they bring Funmi who they explain is Akin's second wife.
Yejide is now more determined than ever to get pregnant and eventually does so but at a cost far greater than she could have ever imagined.

This book is set in Nigeria and flits between 1987 and 2008; the only thing that is slightly annoying about this is that there is no chapter headings so you don't actually know who's point of view it is until you are a couple of lines in.

Throughout this book you can feel Yejide's heartbreak and betrayal - if someone loves you how can they cause you so much pain and not even realise?
This book explores Nigerian traditions that most westerners won't be aware of; such as parents not attending their deceased children's funerals or knowing their final resting place as it can cause repercussions for future children born.

Yejide's decision in the last quarter of the book is a decision that affected Yejide for years to come. It was an extremely hard decision to make but I can understand why Yejide did what she did - she had so much hardship and grief already in her life and I don't think she could survive anymore.

I think a lot of the problems stemmed from Akin and the lies he told everyone (including Yejide); most of the problems in their marriage could have been avoided had he only told the truth.