{"product_id":"evening-primrose-a-heartwrenching-novel-for-our-times-9781473662285","title":"Evening Primrose a heartwrenching novel for our","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003eA powerful and timely novel from ''South Africa''s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie'' (\u003ci\u003eBookseller\u003c\/i\u003e) .\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e''Heart-wrenching''\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGrazia .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith urgency and tenderness \u003ci\u003eEvening Primrose \u003c\/i\u003eexplores issues of race, gender and the medical profession through the eyes of a junior doctor.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen \u003cb\u003eMasechaba\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs she leaves her deeply religious mother and makes friends with the politically-minded \u003cb\u003eNyasha\u003c\/b\u003e, Masechaba''s eyes are opened to the rising xenophobic tension that carries echoes of apartheid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBattling 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The best kind of political novel\u003c\/b\u003e, its turns of emotion are \u003cb\u003evirtuosic\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eMatlw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeart-wrenching\u003c\/b\u003e * \u003ci\u003eGrazia\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eTackles more than many books twice its length.  .  . The pages are raw. \u003cb\u003eThis is the best kind of political novel . . .\u003c\/b\u003e [its] \u003cb\u003eturns of emotion are virtuosic\u003c\/b\u003e. The novel dances from slapstick to stabbing pain to tentative hope. \u003cb\u003eMatlwa's voice is one we need\u003c\/b\u003e. * Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of \u003ci\u003eHarmless Like You\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSlices straight to the heart, deft and clean\u003c\/b\u003e. * Laura Jane Williams, author of \u003ci\u003eBecoming\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eHarrowing and vital . . . I read it in one sitting. * London Review Bookshop Summer Picks *\u003cbr\u003eDistinctive and engaging * \u003ci\u003eAnOther\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739532669271,"sku":"9781473662285","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473662285.jpg?v=1720052514","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/evening-primrose-a-heartwrenching-novel-for-our-times-9781473662285","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}