The Polygamist explores societal values

 Joyce is the legitimate first wife of Jonasi Gomora. She has a life every woman is envious of. Joyce believes she has the perfect marriage.
Matipa is an ambitious, educated high flyer with an eye for the good things in life. She does not    want to sit around waiting for a guy to realise his potential, she wants instant gratification, which comes in the form of Jonasi. Her driving ambition is to usurp Joyce’s role as Jonasi’s wife and lover.
Essie is the girl next door from the poverty- stricken township where Jonasi grew up in. She lacks Joyce’s sophistication and Matipa’s intelligence, but she cared for Jonasi long before he became the man he is. So Essie plays the role of second fiddle knowing he’ll always come back to her
Lindani is a beautiful young girl who has nothing going for her but her greatest assets: her beauty and her body. Then she meets Jonasi and thinks all her problems have been answered, not knowing they have only just begun.
Told in a gripping, accessible and somewhat shockingly frank style, Sue Nyathi takes readers on a journey beyond the bedroom door of a polygamous man and his four Mrs Rights. Yet lurking below the surface the question remains: is this kind of marriage practice really legitimate in a society plagued by HIV/Aids?