In a world where witches are hunted by the church, Louise le Blanc, who fled her coven for the city of Cesarine, is forced into marriage with Reid Diggory, a church huntsman.

Naila's vacation to visit relatives in Pakistan turns into a nightmare when she discovers her parents want to force her to marry a man she's never met.

"Winner of the 2019 Orange Book Prize, The Impatients is a powerful novel about three women living in Cameroon who have grown impatient with the unrelenting oppression--patriarchy, polygamy, and the perpetual cry for patience--that dominates their lives"-- Provided by publisher.

Describes the author's childhood in the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, her forced marriage to her abusive cousin at fourteen, how she managed to break free, and her testimony against the sect's leader, Warren Jeffs.