I still remember the night the title pierced my soul.
It didn’t knock. It shattered.
It wasn’t just bold. It was truth dressed in pain.
At first, I questioned it.
Then I searched.
No one had ever written it before.
That night, I became the first.
This book wasn’t born from fiction. It was born from fire.
From the crime of being born a girl in a world that teaches women to endure and never escape.
From the hush-hush reality of broken marriages dressed up as perfect homes.
From the raw pain of Uche and Ekene, who were never just characters.
They were echoes. Fragments. Pieces of women I’ve known.
And it was my pain for the life of another.
The emotional weight of stories I had no business carrying, yet could not ignore.
It was my first time writing so boldly about narcissism.
About the manipulation we often mistake for love.
About the men who shine in public and break women in private.
I tried to include more stories. But Ekene’s pain refused to be diluted.
Her voice took over. Her agony became the rhythm of my writing.
And then, I broke.
The book turned out to be a short read because my heart could no longer bear the pain.
My tears refused to stay in.
My ink forgot how to flow.
Each time I tried to continue, I felt the walls of my chest closing in.
I knew if I kept writing, the story would become more than a dictionary.
So I stopped. Because sometimes stopping is survival too.
Yes, it’s a short read.
But don’t be deceived by its length.
It is short because pain interrupted the pages.
Because I reached a place where words bowed to emotion.
Tears ended what my pen could no longer carry.
If you are yet to read Wives Are for Rainy Days, Side Chicks Are for Best Days, this is your moment.
This is not just a book. It is a mirror. A storm. A scream many women have been forced to whisper.
Read it. Share it. Let it stir you.
Because the truth of this book has already saved someone.
And maybe, just maybe, it will help another woman rewrite her ending.
You can get your copy from any of the following bookstores:
📚 Crombooks Store – @crombks | crombooks.com.ng
📚 RovingHeights Bookstore – @RovingHeights Nigeria Limited | rovingheights.com
📚 Bookville World – @Bookville Bookshop
📚 Booksellers Limited – @booksellersng
📚 Amazon Kindle & Paperback – Search the title directly
📚 OkadaBooks – okadabooks.com
📚 Bukinie Bookstore
📚 Selar –
Digital download available.
For more options type the title on Google search or visit the Author’s Linktree: linktr.ee/chioma_onyekaba
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