Who Will Bury You?
Chido Muchemwa
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Publisher:
House of Anansi Press Inc
House of Anansi Press Inc
DRM:
Watermark
Watermark
Publication Year:
2024
2024
ISBN-13:
9781487012472
Description:
<p><strong>Intimate stories about Zimbabweans in moments of transition that force them to decide who they really are and choose the people they call their own.</strong></p>
<p>Set in Toronto and Zimbabwe, the twelve elegant stories in <em>Who Will Bury You?</em> touch on themes of loss, identity, and inequality as they follow the lives of Zimbabweans who often feel like they are on the outside looking in. A mother and daughter navigate new relationship dynamics when the daughter comes out as a lesbian. Two sisters wonder what will hold them together after their grandmother’s death. A daughter tries to tell her father she loves him as she prepares to leave home for the first time. A journalist takes her grieving mother on a trip to report on girls who are allegedly being abducted by mermaids. A girl born to be the river god’s wife becomes a hero when chaos breaks out in the mighty Zambezi. A group of mothers discover just how far they are willing to go to protect their children during wartime. </p>
<p>Ephemeral yet beautifully satisfying, the stories in Chido Muchemwa's debut collection ask what makes people leave home, what makes them come back, and what keeps them there.</p>
<p>Set in Toronto and Zimbabwe, the twelve elegant stories in <em>Who Will Bury You?</em> touch on themes of loss, identity, and inequality as they follow the lives of Zimbabweans who often feel like they are on the outside looking in. A mother and daughter navigate new relationship dynamics when the daughter comes out as a lesbian. Two sisters wonder what will hold them together after their grandmother’s death. A daughter tries to tell her father she loves him as she prepares to leave home for the first time. A journalist takes her grieving mother on a trip to report on girls who are allegedly being abducted by mermaids. A girl born to be the river god’s wife becomes a hero when chaos breaks out in the mighty Zambezi. A group of mothers discover just how far they are willing to go to protect their children during wartime. </p>
<p>Ephemeral yet beautifully satisfying, the stories in Chido Muchemwa's debut collection ask what makes people leave home, what makes them come back, and what keeps them there.</p>