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Bangui, Central African Republic. This is the story of Ndongo Passy and Grekpoubou, the two widows of Lidou. Following their husband's sudden and unexplained death, they find themselves fighting tooth and nail for all that is important to them. A playful, bittersweet, story full of dry wit and local colour, set against a backdrop of political instability, corruption and the friction between the old and the new. AUTHOR: Adrienne Yabouza was born in Central African Republic in 1965. After fleeing the civil war with her five children in 2013, she gained political asylum in France. She is self-educated, and did a variety of jobs before working as a hairdresser for many years. She now dedicates herself to writing fiction for adults and children, in Sango, Yakoma, Lingala and French. Co-épouses, co-veuves was published in Mali in 2016 and is her second novel for adults to be published in French.

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For a novel with a tragedy at its heart - Lidou's death - it is a very positive and upbeat story. -M.A.Orthofer in The Complete Review In a novel suffused with both humour and observations of venality, it is the friendship of the two women who had to share one man that becomes the most notable and unexpected aspect. -Declan O'Driscoll in The Irish Times It's a weighty topic in many ways, but Adrienne Yabouza writes so lightly and colourfully that this is a delight to read. -Alastair Mabbott in The Herald

'In a novel suffused with both humour and observations of venality, it is the friendship of the two women who had to share one man that becomes the most notable and unexpected aspect.' Declan O'Driscoll in The Irish Times 'For a novel with a tragedy at its heart - Lidou's death - it is a very positive and upbeat story.' M.A.Orthofer in The Complete Review 'It's a weighty topic in many ways, but Adrienne Yabouza writes so lightly and colourfully that this is a delight to read.' Alastair Mabbott in The Herald

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Adrienne Yabouza was born in Central African Republic in 1965. After fleeing the civil war with her five children in 2013, she gained political asylum in France. She is self-educated, and did a variety of jobs before working as a hairdresser for many years. She now dedicates herself to writing fiction for adults and children, in Sango, Yakoma, Lingala and French. Co- pouses, co-veuves was published in Mali in 2016 and is her second novel for adults to be published in French.

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