From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of This Mournable Body and winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 1989

Two decades before Zimbabwe would win independence and end white minority rule, thirteen-year old Tambudzai Sigauke embarks on her education. On her shoulders rest the economic hopes of her parents, siblings and extended family, and within her burns the desire for independence. A timeless coming-of-age tale and a powerful exploration of cultural imperialism, Nervous Conditions charts Tambu’s journey to personhood in a nation that is also emerging.