The Woman Next Door

The Woman Next Door

By Yewande Omotoso
Unabridged
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“A tale of a rivalry between two well-to-do widows and next-door-neighbors in South Africa…On the surface…presents a war of wits, but the story also addresses the history of colonialism, slavery, class, and race as tensions come to a head.”

Time

Publishers Weekly Pick of Writers to Watch for Spring 2017

A Refinery29 Pick of the Most Anticipated Books of 2017

Longlisted for the 2017 Baileys’ Women’s Prize for Fiction

Essence Magazine Pick for Best Black Heritage Reads

Millions.com Pick for Most Anticipated Books of 2017

Hortensia James and Marion Agostino are neighbours. One is black, one white. Both are successful women with impressive careers. Both have recently been widowed. And both are sworn enemies, sharing hedge and hostility and pruning both with a vim and zeal that belies the fact that they are over eighty.

 

But one day an unforeseen event forces the women together. And gradually the bickering and sniping softens into lively debate, and from there into memories shared. But could these sparks of connection ever transform into friendship? Or is it too late to expect these two to change?