{"product_id":"9781473662278","title":"Evening Primrose: a heart-wrenching novel for our times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful and timely novel from 'South Africa's Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie' (\u003ci\u003eBookseller\u003c\/i\u003e) .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Heart-wrenching'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGrazia .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith urgency and tenderness \u003ci\u003eEvening Primrose \u003c\/i\u003eexplores issues of race, gender and the medical profession through the eyes of a junior doctor.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cb\u003eMasechaba\u003c\/b\u003e finally achieves her childhood dream of becoming a doctor, her ambition is tested as she faces the stark reality of South Africa's public healthcare system. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she leaves her deeply religious mother and makes friends with the politically-minded \u003cb\u003eNyasha\u003c\/b\u003e, Masechaba's eyes are opened to the rising xenophobic tension that carries echoes of apartheid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBattling her inner demons, she must decide if she should take a stand to help her best friend, even it comes at a high personal cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The best kind of political novel\u003c\/b\u003e, its turns of emotion are \u003cb\u003evirtuosic\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eMatlwa's voice is one we need\u003c\/b\u003e.' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of \u003ci\u003eHarmless Like You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSlices straight to the heart\u003c\/b\u003e, deft and clean' Laura Jane Williams, author of \u003ci\u003eBecoming\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A \u003cb\u003edaring\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003euniquely South African\u003c\/b\u003e story' \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e, South Africa on \u003ci\u003eCoconut\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156736000240,"sku":"9781473662278","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781473662278_p0.jpg?v=1763602645","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473662278","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}