false <![CDATA[Nervous Conditions]]> 158674 9 This stunning first novel, set in colonial Rhodesia during the 1960s, centers on the coming of age of a teenage girl, Tambu, and her relationship with her British-educated cousin Nyasha. Tambu, who yearns to be free of the constraints of her rural village, especially the circumscribed lives of the women, thinks her dreams have come true when her wealthy uncle offers to sponsor her education. But she soon learns that the education she receives at his mission school comes with a price. At the school she meets the worldly and rebellious Nyasha, who is chafing under her father's authority. Raised in England, Nyasha is so much a stranger among her own people that she can no longer speak her native language. Tambu can only watch as her cousin, caught between two cultures, pays the full cost of alienation. 1065751 1988 Nervous Conditions total:964|5:307|4:373|3:219|2:53|1:12| 964 3802 1392 91 5 3 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Mar 14 04:47:05 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 14 04:47:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 26 17:39:44 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 10:41:11 -0700 2008 Anthills of the Savannah, I found Nervous Conditions much easier to get into.

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The first sentence is “I was not sorry when my brother died.” How could you not read this book now? Tambudzai or Tambu is 13-years-old, and she is growing up in late 1960s Zimbabwe. How could she be so cold as to not care about her brother...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 10:04:26 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 19 02:52:22 -0700 2009 Nervous Conditions is set in colonial Rhodesia (what is now Zimbabwe) in the late 1960s. It's a fascinating look at Tambu, a young girl who desperately wants an education so that she can lift herself and her family out of poverty, and her British-educated cousin, Nyasha, wh...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 05 11:41:09 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 11:42:33 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=158674