This novel has two intertwined stories focused on a young albino boy and his grandmother when she was young.
Set in present day Zimbabwe the young albino boy is faced with persecution based on his albinism. When he was a young boy his uncle attacked and kidnapped him while he was living with his grandmother who he no longer trusts. He is working hard to become part of the Zimbabwe swim team.
He is sent to stay with his grandmother and starts to hear her story from when she was young and lived through Zimbabwe's independence wars in 1975.
The grandmother worked at the time for a British Colonial family and is in love with their young nephew. However he has to go against his family to even speak to her.
Both stories are powerful and hard to read at time as both face persecution and trauma, however the novel is easy to read and flows well. I really enjoyed the intertwining and similarities of their stories. Both characters were well thought out and I enjoyed finding out what happens to them.
Set in present day Zimbabwe the young albino boy is faced with persecution based on his albinism. When he was a young boy his uncle attacked and kidnapped him while he was living with his grandmother who he no longer trusts. He is working hard to become part of the Zimbabwe swim team.
He is sent to stay with his grandmother and starts to hear her story from when she was young and lived through Zimbabwe's independence wars in 1975.
The grandmother worked at the time for a British Colonial family and is in love with their young nephew. However he has to go against his family to even speak to her.
Both stories are powerful and hard to read at time as both face persecution and trauma, however the novel is easy to read and flows well. I really enjoyed the intertwining and similarities of their stories. Both characters were well thought out and I enjoyed finding out what happens to them.