When It's Your Turn For Midnight

Name: When It's Your Turn For Midnight
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781035902538
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By Blessing Musariri

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The Spectator BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS 2024 Five Books BEST NEW BOOKS FOR TEENS 2024 Wars never end, they just change location. An exceptional, thought-provoking YA novel about sisterhood, trauma, and the fighting spirit of women, from Zimbabwean author, Blessing Musariri. When her Mama drops a bombshell,... Read More

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An exceptional, thought-provoking YA novel about sisterhood, trauma and the fighting spirit of women, from Zimbabwean author, Blessing Musariri.

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The Spectator BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS 2024

Five Books BEST NEW BOOKS FOR TEENS 2024

Wars never end, they just change location.

An exceptional, thought-provoking YA novel about sisterhood, trauma, and the fighting spirit of women, from Zimbabwean author, Blessing Musariri.

When her Mama drops a bombshell, Chiante's world shatters. In Zimbabwe, bloodlines matter, so when Chiante discovers her Baba is not the man she thought he was, she flees. Seeking refuge in a secluded corner of Mutare with her feisty, stylish grandmother, Chiante finds solace in a sisterhood forged by bonds of war. This close-knit community of elders and ex-combatants is living their best lives: singing, dancing, drinking and running a successful fashion-upcycling business. But at the heart of their carefully-built world are secrets no one can give voice to.

As Chiante pieces together the puzzle of her family’s past, she wrestles with how sorrow seeps down the generations, and how hope survives all, obliging us to step up and live life to the full.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035902538

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 November 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Zephyr

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 180g

Pages: 192

Collections

Blessing Musariri Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fiction Young Adult

About the Author

Blessing Musariri is an award-winning author of short stories, children’s stories, radio and screenplays, and contemporary adult fiction. Her work has also been published by the Guardian, Granta, and Poetry International. Blessing lives in Harare, Zimbabwe.

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