Gem Squash Tokoloshe ~ Rachel Zadok

Gem Squash Tokoloshe ~ Rachel Zadok

Large soft cover
Very good condition 

A haunting South African coming-of-age tale steeped in folklore, memory, and the ache of abandonment. Faith lives with her mother on a drought-stricken farm in the Northern Transvaal, waiting for a father who no longer returns. As her mothers health unravels and the shadows of myth and madness creep in, Faith is left to navigate a world where the lines between reality and the supernatural blur.

Fifteen years later, she inherits the farmand the ghosts that come with it. Zadoks prose is lyrical and unsettling, capturing the fractured innocence of a child and the reckoning of an adult returning to the soil of her trauma.

Shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. A powerful read for fans of Alexandra Fuller, Toni Morrison, or South African magical realism.