SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020'Magnificent' Guardian'A Masterpiece' New York Times
'With its searing observations, devastating exploration of the state of "not being", wicked humour and astonishing immersion into the mind of a young woman growing up and growing old before her time, the novel is a masterpiece.' - Madeleine Thien
FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THIS MOURNABLE BODY and NERVOUS CONDITIONSONE OF THE BBC'S 100 WOMEN FOR 2020As Zimbabwe emerges into independence, Tambudzai Sigauke embarks on her second year at the Young Ladies' College of the Sacred Heart.
A short, staggering collection of essays from 'one of the most remarkable people the Booker Prize has ever celebrated' (New Statesman).