The Manual for Good Wives: A powerful and heartfelt multi-generational novel

by Lola Jaye Narrated by Not Yet Available

Overview

Everything about Adeline Copplefield is a lie . . .

To the world Mrs Copplefield is the epitome of Victorian propriety: an exemplary society lady who writes a weekly column advising young ladies on how to be better wives.

Only Adeline has never been a good wife or mother; she has no claim to the Copplefield name, nor is she an English lady . . .

Now a black woman, born in Africa, who dared to pretend to be something she was not, is on trial in the English courts with all of London society baying for her blood. And she is ready to tell her story . . .

From the author of The Attic Child, Lola Jaye, comes The Manual for Good Wives is a historical novel about love, generational trauma, second chances and hope.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940192269268
Publisher:	Pan Macmillan
Publication date:	02/27/2025
Edition description:	Unabridged