‘An unforgettable voice within a breathtaking story about love,lineageand the intergenerational effect of bravery in the face of misfortune’ – Jessica Georgeauthor of Divers Book Award winning My Name is Maame Everything about Adeline Copplefield is a lie . . . To the world Mrs Copplefield is the epitome of Victorian propriety: an exemplary society lady who writes a weekly column advising young ladies on how to be better wives. Only Adeline has never been a good wife or mother; she has no claim to the Copplefield namenor is she an English lady . . . Now a black womanborn in Africawho dared to pretend to be something she was notis on trial in the English courts with all of London society baying for her blood. And she is ready to tell her story . . . From the author of The Attic ChildLola Jayecomes a powerful dual narrative historical novel. The Manual for Good Wives is about lovegenerational traumasecond chances and hope.