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How do you get to know your daughter when she is dead?
This is the question which takes a mother on a journey of self-discovery. When her daughter Yinka dies, Mojisola is finally forced to stop running away from the difficulties in their relationship, and also come to terms with Yinka the woman. Mojisola’s grief leads her on a journey of self-discovery, as she moves into her daughter’s apartment and begins to unearth the life Yinka had built for herself there, away from her family.
Through stepping into Yinka’s shoes, Mojisola comes to a better understanding not only of her estranged daughter, but also herself, as she learns to carve a place for herself in the world beyond the labels of wife and mother. A bold and unflinching tale of one women’s unconventional approach to life and loss.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
Read this funny, sharp, delicately woven story of two women’s
complicated relationship set in post-apartheid South Africa.
Hortensia and Marion are next door neighbours in a charming,
bougainvillea-laden Cape Town suburb. One is black, one white. Both are
successful women with impressive careers behind them. Both have
recently been widowed. Both are in their eighties. And both are sworn
enemies, sharing hedge and hostility pruned with zeal.
But one day an unforeseen event forces the women together. Could
long-held mutual loathing transform into friendship?
Love thy neighbour? Easier said than done.
'At once historical and contemporary, The Woman Next Door is charged
with beauty, precision, nuance, and hope. Yewande Omotoso is a
stunning, essential voice - NoViolet Bulawayo, author of We Need New
Names
‘Wit, charm and playful energy... An insightful and fascinating diptych
of two women, with the history of colonialism and slavery lurking in
the background’ Herald
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