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📚 When Rain Clouds Gather & Maru (Virago Modern Classics)
Author: Bessie Head
Introduction: Helen Oyeyemi
Publication Date: 2010
Publisher: Virago (Little, Brown Book Group)
Format: B-format Paperback (198 x 129 mm)
ISBN: 978-1-8440-8622-1
Condition: Good. Some minor foxing

🔍 Synopsis
Two powerful novels by one of Africa's most important writers. When Rain Clouds Gather: Makhaya flees apartheid South Africa to Botswana, settling in Golema Mmidi village where he meets Gilbert, an Englishman modernizing farming methods. Together they battle corrupt chiefs, tradition's pressures, and harsh climate. Maru: Margaret, an orphan from a despised Basarwa tribe, becomes a teacher whose education and English accent contradict her appearance. Befriended by Dikeledi, sister of chief-in-waiting Maru, Margaret faces prejudice while her presence turns Maru and his best friend into sworn enemies. Both novels explore love's transformative power.

💬 Reviews
"When Rain Clouds Gather and Maru are fairy tales about the transformations that love can wreak. And they transform love into a force to be thankful for." – Helen Oyeyemi
"Beautifully written and a historical masterpiece." – Amazon Reader

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