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Son of the Family is the story of two women caught in a dense web of traditions and customs around class and gender inequality and motherhood.

The lives of two Nigerian women, so different in class and social status, suddenly intersect when they are kidnapped for ransom and held in captivity, a fairly common form of livelihood in a country that has not yet fully recovered from its last civil war.

So, about the women. In the Nigerian city of Enugu, young Nwabulu, who has been working as a domestic servant for a wealthy family since she was ten years old, dreams of becoming a secretary and goes to school whenever she has time to spare from her many chores. She is tall, slim and beautiful. In contrast, Julie is a modern woman, educated and wealthy . Scared to death, the poor women try to calm down and pass the time by telling each other about their lives. And then it turns out that they, so different, are united by a great secret that will forever unite their fates from that day on.

Imbued with great vitality and deep human drama, the book chronicles a forty-year period of radical events and change in Nigeria's history, paying tribute to the resilience and courage of women who manage to survive and find their way in a world that remains dominated by men.