Having quit her boring job, Tambudzai settled in a hostel for youth, and the prospects that opened before her are extremely vague. She persistently tries to build her life, but at every next turn new failures and humiliations await her. What will happen when the harsh reality prevails over the future she strived for? This is a novel about what happens when all hopes fail. Through the life and aspirations of one girl, Tsitsi Dangarembga demonstrates the fate of an entire nation. Sharp and piercing, this book is about society, the future and the real blows of fate. The novel, the story of which began back in 1988, when the first part of this conventional trilogy was published, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2020 for a reason. The incredible story of Tambuzdai, through whose life and aspirations Tsitsi Dangarembga demonstrates the fate of an entire nation, will certainly touch everyone... She persistently tries to build her life, but at every next turn new failures and humiliations await her. What will happen when the harsh reality prevails over the future she strived for? This is a novel about what happens when all hopes fail.