**FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF *THIS MOURNABLE BODY,**** *ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 WOMEN FOR 2020* * 
' **UNFORGETTABLE'** Alice Walker **'THIS IS THE BOOK WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR'** Doris Lessing **'A UNIQUE AND VALUABLE BOOK.'** Booklist **'AN ABSORBING PAGE-TURNER'** *Bloomsbury Review* **'A MASTERPIECE'** Madeleine Thien **'ARRESTING'** Kwame Anthony Appiah 
Two decades before Zimbabwe would win independence and ended 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. 
'With its searing observations, devastating exploration of the state of "not being", wicked humour and astonishing immersion into the mind of a young woman growing up and growing old before her time, the novel is a masterpiece.' **Madelein Thien**