Although I didn't totally love this book, I was able to get through it with no problem. I found myself reading and getting lost in the words because some chapters or scenes tended to really drag on. If I were to think of the book right now, after having recently finished it, there is one chapter that really sticks out in my mind. It was the chapter about love. In the chapter, I believe it was chapter eight, Zenzele's mother teaches her that she will meet two men in her life; one will make your hand shake and the other will make it steady. The story that the mother tells her daughter about the lady killing her husband and then drowning her baby all for a man was so sad to read but I think it was a great lesson for the mother to teach to her daughter and the author to teach to the readers. I'm not sure exactly why, but this chapter really stood out for me...Maybe it was because the lesson being taught was so important and moving but I enjoyed it.
Another thing I enjoyed about this book (which I really did not enjoy reading most of the time) was the end of the novel. The very last page of the book almost made me cry. I immediately thought of my mother telling me what Zenzele's mother was saying to her. I got sad at this point and really connected with the mother as an actual mother more than just a narrator talking to me.
I would not recommend this book to anyone, in all honesty. It didn't have a plot that I could follow and did not keep my interest. The author is a great writer, but just did not catch my personal interests.
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