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Book SynopsisFrom the award-winning author Asali Solomon, The Days of Afrekete is a tender, surprising novel of two women at midlife who rediscover themselvesand perhaps each otherinspired by Mrs. Dalloway, Sula, and Audre Lorde's Zami.
I didn't feel like I was reading this novelI felt like I was living it. Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House
Liselle Belmont is having a dinner party. It seems a strange occasionher husband, Winn, has lost his bid for the state legislaturebut what better way to thank key supporters than a feast? Liselle was never sure about her husband becoming a politician, never sure about the limelight, never sure about the life of fundraising and stump speeches. Then an FBI agent calls to warn her that Winn might be facing corruption charges. An avalanche of questions tumbles around her: Is it possible he's guilty? Who are they to each other; who have they become? How much of herself has she lostand was it worth it? A
