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Book SynopsisA powerful and timely novel from ''South Africa''s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie'' (Bookseller) .
''Heart-wrenching'' Grazia .
With urgency and tenderness Evening Primrose explores issues of race, gender and the medical profession through the eyes of a junior doctor.
When Masechaba finally achieves her childhood dream of becoming a doctor, her ambition is tested as she faces the stark reality of South Africa''s public healthcare system.
As she leaves her deeply religious mother and makes friends with the politically-minded Nyasha, Masechaba''s eyes are opened to the rising xenophobic tension that carries echoes of apartheid.
Battling her inner demons, she must decide if she should take a stand to help her best friend, even it comes at a high personal cost.
''The best kind of political novel, its turns of emotion are virtuosic. Matlw
Trade Review
Heart-wrenching * Grazia *
Tackles more than many books twice its length. . . The pages are raw. This is the best kind of political novel . . . [its] turns of emotion are virtuosic. The novel dances from slapstick to stabbing pain to tentative hope. Matlwa's voice is one we need. * Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Harmless Like You *
Slices straight to the heart, deft and clean. * Laura Jane Williams, author of Becoming *
Harrowing and vital . . . I read it in one sitting. * London Review Bookshop Summer Picks *
Distinctive and engaging * AnOther *
