AmodernclassicfromtheBooker-shortlistedauthorofThisMournableBodyThegroundbreakingfirstnovelinTsitsiDangarembga’saward-winningtrilogy,NervousConditions,wontheCommonwealthWritersPrizeandhasbeen“hailedasoneofthe20thcentury’smostsignificantworksofAfricanliterature“(TheNewYorkTimes).TwodecadesbeforeZimbabwewouldwinindependenceandendedwhiteminorityrule,thirteen-year-oldTambudzaiSigaukeembarksonhereducation.Onhershouldersresttheeconomichopesofherparents,siblings,andextendedfamily,andwithinherburnsthedesireforindependence.Sheyearnstobefreeoftheconstraintsofherruralvillageandthinksshe’sfoundherwayoutwhenherwealthyuncleofferstosponsorherschooling.Butshesoonlearnsthattheeducationshereceivesathismissionschoolcomeswithaprice.
