Nervous Conditions

FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THIS MOURNABLE BODY, ONE OF THE BBC& apos; S 100 WOMEN FOR 2020

& apos; UNFORGETTABLE& apos; Alice Walker & apos; THIS IS THE BOOK WE& apos; VE BEEN WAITING FOR& apos; Doris Lessing & apos; A UNIQUE AND VALUABLE BOOK. & apos; Booklist & apos; AN ABSORBING PAGE-TURNER& apos; Bloomsbury Review & apos; A MASTERPIECE& apos; Madeleine Thien & apos; ARRESTING& apos; Kwame Anthony Appiah

Two decades before Zimbabwe would win independence and ended white minority rule, thirteen-year-old Tambudzai Sigauke embarks on her education. On her shoulders rest the economic hopes of her parents, siblings, and extended family, and within her burns the desire for independence. A timeless coming-of-age tale, and a powerful exploration of cultural imperialism, Nervous Conditions charts Tambu& apos; s journey to personhood in a nation that is also emerging.

& apos; 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. & apos; Madelein Thien