| Descript |
xv, 203 pages ; 22 cm |
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BlackBird Books, an imprint of Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd |
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Sweet Medicine takes place in Harare at the height of Zimbabwe's economic woes in 2008. Tsitsi, a young woman, raised by her strict, devout Catholic mother, believes that hard work, prayer and an education will ensure a prosperous and happy future. She does well at her mission boarding school, and goes on to obtain a scholarship to attend university, but the change in the economic situation in Zimbabwe destroys the old system where hard work and a degree guaranteed a good life. Out of university, Tsitsi finds herself in a position much lower than she had set her sights on, working as a clerk in the office of the local politician, Zvobgo. With a salary that barely provides her a means to survive, she finds herself increasingly compromising her Christian values to negotiate ways to get ahead -- Publisher's website |
| Subject |
Women -- Zimbabwe -- Harare -- Economic conditions -- Fiction
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Economic history.
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Women -- Economic conditions.
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Kvinnor
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Ekonomiska förhållanden
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Harare (Zimbabwe) -- Economic conditions -- Fiction
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Zimbabwe -- Harare.
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Zimbabwe -- Harare
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Authors, Zimbabwe
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Fiction.
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Romaner
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| Classmark |
823.92
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9781928337126 |
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1928337120 |
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9781928337133 (ePDF) |
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9781928337140 (ePub) |
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9781928337157 (mobi file) |
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