Aida Edemariam
Ethiopian-born journalist and author, best known for The Wife's Tale (2018), a memoir drawn from interviews with her Ethiopian grandmother.
Books
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1. The Wife's Tale
A Personal History
Using extended interviews and personal recollection, the book reconstructs an Ethiopian woman's life across the twentieth century — from rural upbringing and marriage to city life and old age — offering an intimate portrait of family, gender, loss and endurance set against political upheaval and social change, and reflecting on memory, identity and the meanings of home.
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