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From award-winning author, Ifeoma Okoye, Behind the Clouds is the emotional story a woman trying to build a family under the societal pressures of 1970s Nigeria.

Ije has visited every reputable faith healer, doctor, and herbalist she can find yet her desire to become a mother is proving impossible to fulfill.

While her mother-in-law believes the blame should rest solely on the wife, her husband remains unfailingly supportive. That is until one day Ife arrives home to find a pregnant woman sitting in her house. She says she is the mother of her husband''s child and she''s here to take her rightful place in Ife''s home...

Raw and immensely thought-provoking, Okoye boldly captures the painful experience of being labelled a ''barren'' woman in 1970s Nigeria.

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/1/2023 12:12:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781035900732, 978-1035900732
      ISBN10: 1035900734

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      From award-winning author, Ifeoma Okoye, Behind the Clouds is the emotional story a woman trying to build a family under the societal pressures of 1970s Nigeria.

      Ije has visited every reputable faith healer, doctor, and herbalist she can find yet her desire to become a mother is proving impossible to fulfill.

      While her mother-in-law believes the blame should rest solely on the wife, her husband remains unfailingly supportive. That is until one day Ife arrives home to find a pregnant woman sitting in her house. She says she is the mother of her husband''s child and she''s here to take her rightful place in Ife''s home...

      Raw and immensely thought-provoking, Okoye boldly captures the painful experience of being labelled a ''barren'' woman in 1970s Nigeria.

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