{"product_id":"9781482804003","title":"Her Husband's Crown","description":"\"A fascinating exploration of the changing face of social customs and gender politics.\" - Kirkus Reviews\u003cp\u003eNansamba is married off aged sixteen to young Ggalabuzi from a neighboring village. It is an arranged marriage in 1940s rural Uganda and she works hard to build a prosperous household together with her easy-going and hardworking husband. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve years into the marriage, Ggalabuzi exercises his male right to enter into a second marriage without telling his wife; and does so with her younger sister Mucwa. Nansamba navigates this hazardous marital and familial road with extraordinary wisdom, courage and dignity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt twenty-eight, educated, city-born Biiti is considered an old maid. Her anxious relatives find her a rural husband past his prime and with a secret history. He soon destroys their marriage and she abandons it to become a successful businesswoman and anchor of her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a quarter of a century relatives, friends and in-laws from Nansamba and Biiti's families crisscross each other's lives and create much drama and many children, including four sets of twins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Partridge Africa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49966741815536,"sku":"9781482804003","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781482804003","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}