Lorilei Beer

A wrenching, beautifully written account of the "clean-up" of the Mabare Market in Harare through the daily life of Onai, a mother of three, an wife to philandering, abusive husband. We meet her friends and other women who work at the market and experience the daily humiliations and deconstruction of their lives. Government's apparent disregard for their suffering and the rich's ability to navigate and supercede laws and regulations pound home the disparities of rich and poor.