The Wife's Tale: A Personal History

A Finalist for The Governor General’s Award for Nonfiction

“The extraordinary memoir of a woman who lived through the cataclysmic events that shaped modern Ethiopian history. The narrative, which is lovingly and expertly put together by her granddaughter, is a window into a world that would otherwise be invisible to us.” — Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone

In this indelible memoir that recalls the life of her remarkable ninety-five-year old grandmother, Guardian journalist Aida E...