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In her first novel, which follows the successful story collection An Elegy for Easterly, Gappah returns to her native Zimbabwe. Memory, the smart and often surprisingly witty narrator, begins by describing the abominable conditions of Chikurubi Prison, where she waits on death row. She has been found guilty of murdering Lloyd Hendricks, a white man and her adopted father. Gappah moves readers back and forth in time to reveals the factors resulting in Memory's arrest and conviction. With the slow...Log In or Sign Up to Read More