Description
A refugee named Makhaya arrives in the small Botswana village of Golema Mmidi with a fragile hope: to live freely, rebuild his life, and finally outrun the forces that have shaped his past. As he tries to belong, the community’s ideals are tested by prejudice, tribal tensions, and the quiet pressures of survival—until the gathering storm of human conflict forces everyone to confront what “hope” truly costs. Blending intimate character insight with a sweeping, almost utopian vision, the novel explores belonging, resilience, and the moral complexity of starting over. Written in Bessie Head’s distinctive, compassionate style, it reads like a modern classic—part refuge narrative, part social meditation—where the weather becomes a metaphor for the emotional and ethical storms that follow us all.
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paperback
Little, Brown Book Group Limited
Published Jan 1, 2010
352 pages
ISBN: 9780748125685
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First Published
2010
Language
eng
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