"His Only Wife" by Peace Adzo Medie ($15)
- What it's about: This book takes place in Ghana and follows a seamstress named Afi who finds herself engaged to a rich businessman she's never met. As she leaves her hometown and begins a strange new life as a housewife, she begins to question whether her marriage and her new life are right for her.
- What Witherspoon says: "Reading takes us all over the world, and this month we are traveling to modern-day Ghana. Culture, heroism and the search for independence are just a few of the wonderful themes in this vibrant book."