pickUnity Dow is remarkable- YouTube her! Botswana's first female high-court judge, & a human rights attorney focused on women/children's rights. Her first novel is unsurprisingly issues-based.
Following the death of her 2nd brother from AIDS, Mosa tries to navigate a path between the beliefs of her traditional mother & community, & the ideas she's exposed to through school, while resisting the injustices she faces on all sides as a young woman.
👇
rockpools Throughout the book you are told a huge amount about traditional #Botswana society - at times it was a little heavy-handed& felt like an educational text rather than a novel. It was an interesting read though, and I wonder how her later novels develop. #readaroundtheworld (edited) 7y
TrishB Sounds interesting, great review 👍 7y
Libby1 Excellent review. Into Mount TBR it goes! 7y
See All 7 Comments
Currey I was thinking I wanted to stay in Botswana longer too. Do you think I should read Unity Dow's or Bessie Head's book? @RachelO #readaroundtheworld 7y
rockpools @Currey As a good read with wonderful writing, I absolutely loved Maru. F&B was interesting, and probably told you more about life between trad & modern Botswana, but wasn't as good a read. 7y
Currey Thanks - will try Maru 7y
Hooked_on_books I read her second book for this challenge and really enjoyed it. I felt I learned a good bit about Botswana.![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
The Screaming of the Innocent 7y
The Screaming of the Innocent
