Evening Primrose: a heart-wrenching novel for our times

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Author: Kopano Matlwa ISBN: 9781473662278
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Publication: July 27, 2017
Imprint: Sceptre Language: English
Author: Kopano Matlwa
ISBN: 9781473662278
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Publication: July 27, 2017
Imprint: Sceptre
Language: English

A powerful and timely novel from 'South Africa's Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie' (Bookseller) .

**'Heart-wrenching'**Grazia .

With urgency and tenderness Evening Primrose explores issues of race, gender and the medical profession through the eyes of a junior doctor.

When Masechaba finally achieves her childhood dream of becoming a doctor, her ambition is tested as she faces the stark reality of South Africa's public healthcare system.

As she leaves her deeply religious mother and makes friends with the politically-minded Nyasha, Masechaba's eyes are opened to the rising xenophobic tension that carries echoes of apartheid.

Battling her inner demons, she must decide if she should take a stand to help her best friend, even it comes at a high personal cost.

'The best kind of political novel, its turns of emotion are virtuosic. Matlwa's voice is one we need.' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Harmless Like You

**'**Slices straight to the heart, deft and clean' Laura Jane Williams, author of Becoming

'A daring and uniquely South African story' Marie Claire, South Africa on Coconut

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A powerful and timely novel from 'South Africa's Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie' (Bookseller) .

**'Heart-wrenching'**Grazia .

With urgency and tenderness Evening Primrose explores issues of race, gender and the medical profession through the eyes of a junior doctor.

When Masechaba finally achieves her childhood dream of becoming a doctor, her ambition is tested as she faces the stark reality of South Africa's public healthcare system.

As she leaves her deeply religious mother and makes friends with the politically-minded Nyasha, Masechaba's eyes are opened to the rising xenophobic tension that carries echoes of apartheid.

Battling her inner demons, she must decide if she should take a stand to help her best friend, even it comes at a high personal cost.

'The best kind of political novel, its turns of emotion are virtuosic. Matlwa's voice is one we need.' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Harmless Like You

**'**Slices straight to the heart, deft and clean' Laura Jane Williams, author of Becoming

'A daring and uniquely South African story' Marie Claire, South Africa on Coconut

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