The Son of the House
The Son of the House
Melissa Kohlman
, Jocelyn Heisel
, Jude Castillo
, Cindy Bodini
, Emily Peck
, Susan Baues
, Lesley Cameron
, Linda Leitch
, Shayla Leung
, Diane McPherson
, Elaine Baptie
, Fatin Ay
, Tina May
, Marilyn Stanley
, Anne Range
, Jen Batler
, Heather Sibley
, Maria Mclean
, Kim Cappellina
, Samantha Fitzpatrick
, Sandra Furlotte
, Carolyn Guy
, Nicole Haldoupis
, Kim Reynolds
, Bryen Dunn
, Margaret Palmer
, Heather Belliveau
, joy mills
, Richard Scarsbrook
, Sandy Krausnick
, Sara Conway
, Char Krausnick
, Alex Henderson
, Liz Bugg
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, jane luce
, Patricia Johnson
, Catherine Kelly-Brown
, Jane Graham
, Margaret Jones
, C. Ray
, Elizabeth Obermeyer
, Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt
, Katherine Krige
, Pam Keetch
, Vickie Short
, Heather O'Connor
, cassandra schiemann
, Nancy Steinhausen
, Kat Sommer-Derksen
, Patricia McKeown
, Natasa Ilic
, Marin Beck
, P. Thompson
, Shonna Froebel
, Gina Bergman
, Sarah Stang
, Sonia Adams
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Christopher Evans
, Lynn Hallson
, Lucian Childs
, Paula Adam
, Alanna King
, Sarah Beaudin
, Karen Charleson
, Sheila Cornelisse
, Jessica Gilbert
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Susan Grieshaber-Otto
, Debbie Rodgers
, Prabh Toor
, Jesse Kancir
, Holly Elisabeth
, Paula Ritchie
, Randi Ann Doll
, Sharlene Ketelaar
, Catherine Jackson
, Marie E. LeBlanc
, Huguette Lemieux
, Benita Hartwell
, Sandra Storey
, Thelma Ball
, Cindy Taylor
, Deb Philippon
, Carl Scott
, Rosa Cross
, Lynn Bechtel
, Ellen Clarke
, Lise Gaston
, Eva Esmann
, Sebastian Schulman
, Rhonda Struthers
, Jayne Barnard
, Karyn Wisselink
, Catherine Westerberg
, Debra Chandler
, Fin Macdonald
, BJ Underwood
, Robert Hykawy
, Chris Lantz
, diana kirkwood
, Denise Duvall
, Rebecca Dixon
, Joann Horgan
, Vanessa S
, Kevin Smith
, Kate Kostandoff
, India Rounds
, Andrea Pole
, Katherine Martinez
, vicki vonzuben
, Jessica Murray
, Melissa Poremba
, Heather Norris
, Deanna Radford
, Caley Clements
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Caira Clark
, Stef Novakowski
, Patricia Sampson
, Lara Maynard
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Julie Kaniak
, Irenee R Anderson
, Gwynn Scheltema
, Nora Gould
, Lilly Ed
, Rebecca Ballarin
, maria blanco
, Rhea Peterson
, Summer Halls
, Jacquie Harnett
, Lisa Mallia
, LJ Law
, Mary Lester
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Susan Hroncek
, Meradith Anderson
, sarah campbell
, Chantal Comeau
, Sandra McGugan
, Diana Daly
, Barry Kazimer
, Sharon Syrette
, Danielle DOrnellas
, Suzanne Ciprian
, Matthew Taylor
, Vicky Ouimet
, Catherine Young
, Susan Terendy
, Val Ross
, Lorraine Lambie
, Wanda Brine
, Lauren Seal
, Paris Semansky
, Shelley Gibbs
, Natalie McCallum
, Judith Pearson
, Hailey Slaviero
, Cherryl Koylass
, Wanda Bergman
, Sandra Perry
, Janet Miller
, Janice Hutchinson
, Noelle Walsh
, Debra Fisher
, Cathy White
, Yolande Thivierge
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In the Nigerian city of Enugu, young Nwabulu, a housemaid since the age of ten, dreams of becoming a typist as she endures her employers’ endless chores. She is tall and beautiful and in love with a rich man’s son.
Educated and privileged, Julie is a modern woman. Living on her own, she is happy to collect the gold jewellery lovestruck Eugene brings her, but has no intention of becoming his second wife.
When a kidnapping forces Nwabulu and Julie into a dank room years later, the two women relate the stories of their lives as they await their fate.
Pulsing with vitality and intense human drama, Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia’s debut is set against four decades of vibrant Nigeria, celebrating the resilience of women as they navigate and transform what remains a man’s world.
