SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE`As natural as the grass grows.` Chinua Achebe`[Dangarembga] is a wonderful creator of character.` Doris Lessing`[A] Masterpiece.` New York Times`Searing and enlightening.` Sefi Atta, author of Everything Good Will ComeIn this tense and psychologically charged novel, Tsitsi Dangarembga channels the hope and potential of one young girl and a fledgling nation to lead us on a journey to discover where lives go after hope has departed.Here we meet Tambudzai, living in a run-down youth hostel in downtown Harare and anxious about her prospects after leaving a stagnant job. At every turn in her attempt to make a life for herself, she is faced with a fresh humiliation, until the painful contrast between the future she imagined and her daily reality ultimately drives her to a breaking point.