Tsitsi Dangarembga

As Zimbabwe emerges into independence, Tambudzai Sigauke embarks on her second year at the Young Ladies' College of the Sacred Heart. Determined to excel, Tambu exhausts herself with her efforts to climb to the top of the school's honour rolls. The further she pushes herself, however, the farther she feels from any reward; and the roots of colonialism threaten to...

ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 WOMEN FOR 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE 'MAGNIFICENT.' Guardian 'A MASTERPIECE.' New York Times 'MARVELLOUS.' Sara Collins 'EXTRAORDINARY.' Madeleine Thien 'HYPNOTIC.' Daily Telegraph 'SEARING.' Sefi Atta 'A MAVERICK VOICE.' A Igoni Barrett 'A MUST READ.' Helon Habila 'SUBTLE AND INTELLIGENT.' TLS 'A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT.' Literary Review 'DAZZLING.' FT Here we meet Tambudzai, living...

From the Booker Prize shortlisted author of This Mournable Body, one of the BBC's 100 Women for 2020. 'Unforgettable' Alice Walker 'This is the book we've been waiting for' Doris Lessing 'A unique and valuable book.' Booklist 'An absorbing page-turner' Bloomsbury Review 'A masterpiece' Madeleine Thien 'Arresting' Kwame Anthony Appiah Two decades before Zimbabwe would win independence and end white...