"Dew in the Morning is a evocation of changing life in rural Zimbabwe during the 1960s and 1970s." "Narrated from the point of view of a young boy, Godi, it follows the fortunes of a city-dwelling family who establish a small farm in the country. Like the other newcomers to the area, they are called on to adapt to unfamiliar customs and moral codes. But the village way of life itself is undergoing change. Godi observes the distressing incidents that mark this inexorable process as the villagers strive to resolve tensions between conflicting value-systems and ambitions." "Meanwhile, Godi experiences moral growth and sexual awakening, conveyed by the author with a fresh and unjudgmental eye, which deepen the reader's sense of the delicate balance between progress and loss that accompanies the passage of time."--Jacket.