The Uncertainty Of Hope

The Uncertainty of Hope

The Uncertainty of Hopeis set in the densely populated suburb of Mbare, Harare, and explores the complex lives of Onai Moyo — a market woman and mother of three children — and her best friend, Katy Nguni — a vendor and black-market currency dealer. The novel gives an insight into the challenges faced by a wide cross section of Zimbabwe, where life expectancy has dropped to 37, possibly the lowest in the world. The stories of these two close friends are situated in a high-density suburb. However, the author, Valerie Tagwira also introduces the reader to a much wider cross-section of Zimbabwean society: Tom Sibanda, a young business man and farmer, his girlfriend, Faith, a university student, Tom's sister Emily, a health professional, and Mawaya, the ostensible beggar.
With depth and sensitivity, Tagwira pulls these many threads into a densely woven novel that provides us with some of the many faces of contemporary Zimbabwe.


Author     Valerie Tagwira
ISBN        1770095411, 9781770095410
Format     Paperback
Pages      368p.