When the Tree is Dry edition by Alice S Hill Literature Fiction eBooks
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It's 2008, and Zimbabwe is reeling from biting poverty and repression. With hyperinflation, workers’ salaries have devalued to nothing by the time they draw the money from the bank, and unemployment soars as companies close. Hunger has created a nation desperate for change, but the cutthroat clique in government is equally desperate to cling to power. They are afraid of losing their ill-gotten fortunes and being made to pay for past crimes against humanity.
London-based Claire is an amateur reporter. When her marriage breaks up and her teenage daughter leaves home, all Claire has left is burning ambition. She is determined to write articles that make the world stand up and take notice of injustice and oppression, and Zimbabwe's upcoming election is the perfect opportunity to prove she is capable of making a difference.
Working undercover, she finds herself pitted against a government determined to conceal human rights abuses at all costs. She becomes increasingly entangled in the situation she's supposed to be reporting as she ventures into no-go areas where life is expendable.
Sekai, a young mother living in a remote village, has only one concern the wellbeing of her family. But her husband's politics place her in the path of the government's vicious purge of the opposition party. Amidst a furore of beating, burning and rape, she finds an unexpected inner strength as she fights to keep her family together.
Florence is no stranger to the brutality of the Zimbabwean government. Driven from her home to hide as an illegal immigrant in England, she longs for democracy in her own country. When she returns to Zimbabwe as a political activist, she must confront her fears while caring for an ever-increasing tide of refugees hiding in a lice-ridden building.
In an epic tale of three women caught in a country's plunge towards anarchy and genocide, they not only struggle for individual survival, but together they prove that ordinary people can influence a nation's destiny.
When the Tree is Dry edition by Alice S Hill Literature Fiction eBooks
Set in Zimbabwe, we delve into the stories of three women during a tumultuous period in the country's recent history--2008. Claire, an English woman, leaves her shattered life behind, seeking to find a new beginning as a journalist. Florence, a Zimbabwean trying to make a new life for herself in England, decides to return to her homeland. Sekai, married to a political activist.Forget hanging pieces of chad from a ballot in an American election or unverified rumors of people voting twice. Depending on which political party you supported during the 2008 Zimbabwean election, your very life could hang in the balance. Alice creates a haunting look into the horrors people faced as they hoped to elect a new government, one that would perhaps make their lives better. Follow Claire, Florence, and Sekai as they recount the stories of kidnapping, torture, rape, and death. A work of fiction, based on reality, and definitely worth a read. I look forward to reading more of Alice's upcoming work.
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When the Tree is Dry edition by Alice S Hill Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
What a pleasant surprise! An awesome novel...and its free. A friend recommended the book and after my initial reservations, I thought, ' What the heck!' A clearly written book by a writer (new comer, Alice Hill) who tells an immensely intriguing tale set against the real-life backdrop of the Zimbabwean political crisis. The characters ring true and are engaging, the story is a rollercoaster ride of intertwining character adventures but what really sealed the deal for me was the emotional pulse of the tale. A real emotional read and one I highly recommend to anyone interested in not only the real- life atrocities happening in Zimbabwe (so criminally overlooked in the media) but also in reading a gripping page-turner.
At last the storey of how Bob stole the 2008 election can be understood and related to from an African perspective.
Even though the author is a newcomer, she has been able to create a poignant narrative of the life in the part of the world you can read so little in the press. Even though the story conveys (masterfully) the horrors of the everyday living in Zimbabwe during political unrest the author's sense of humor and penchant for character development makes it a page turner. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in human condition and geopolitics. This is an author to watch. I look forward to her next masterpiece.
I really enjoyed this novel! The writing is smooth and clean, and the story... so empowering. I loved how these women all fought for what the believed in. The trials and truths of what these women deal with in Africa hit home. There's something in this book for everyone and it's just a down-right good story! I highly recommend. )
Set in Zimbabwe, we delve into the stories of three women during a tumultuous period in the country's recent history--2008. Claire, an English woman, leaves her shattered life behind, seeking to find a new beginning as a journalist. Florence, a Zimbabwean trying to make a new life for herself in England, decides to return to her homeland. Sekai, married to a political activist.
Forget hanging pieces of chad from a ballot in an American election or unverified rumors of people voting twice. Depending on which political party you supported during the 2008 Zimbabwean election, your very life could hang in the balance. Alice creates a haunting look into the horrors people faced as they hoped to elect a new government, one that would perhaps make their lives better. Follow Claire, Florence, and Sekai as they recount the stories of kidnapping, torture, rape, and death. A work of fiction, based on reality, and definitely worth a read. I look forward to reading more of Alice's upcoming work.
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