Set in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, The Wife is the story of three professional women who have to reconcile the contradictions of modernity & traditional Islamic conceptions of a woman`s role. Rosmini Shaari draws heavily on her own experiences in this very personal novel. Sofia, a savvy, college- educated woman with modern sensibilities, now plays the role of the traditional Muslim wife to womaniser Halim. In a dramatic opening scene, she confronts her husband`s young mistress, Nora, & realizes that the life she had imagined is nothing but a fantasy. Faced with the threat of polygamy, can Sofia recapture her husband`s affection once again, or should she rebel? The Wife`s take on female emancipation within Islamic cultures will resonate widely. There has rarely been a novel by a Muslim woman that talks so openly about sexuality, heartbreak, love or lust.