Two decades before Zimbabwe won 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. She yearns to be free of the constraints of her rural village and thinks she's escaped when her wealthy uncle sponsors her schooling. But she soon learns that the education she receives at his mission school comes with a price.

"First published in the UK in 1988 by the Women's Press Limited, a member of the Namara Group, London"--title page verso.