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Darling is merely 10 years old, and yet she must understand a delicate and violent world. In Zimbabwe, Darling and her friends take guavas, make an effort to get the baby out of young Chipo's tummy, and grasp at remembrances of Before. Before their homes were damaged by paramilitary policemen, prior to the school closed, prior to the fathers kept for dangerous jobs abroad. But Darling has a chance to escape: She has an aunt in the us. She travels to the new land searching for America's famous large quantity only to discover that her options as an immigrant are perilously few. NoViolet Bulawayo's debut calls to mind the fantastic storytellers of displacement and introduction who have come before her - from Zadie Smith to Monica Ali to J.M. Coetzee - while she says a vivid, raw storyline all her own.
