An Act of Defiance

Gabrielle is a newly-qualified lawyer, fighting for justice for a young girl. Ben is a junior diplomat, attached to Harare with the US embassy. After beginning a love affair, they fall victim to a shocking attack, their lives splintering across continents and their stories diverging, forcing Gabrielle on a painful journey towards self-realisation. How can you imagine the future when your story traps you in the past? Harare, 2000. Gabrielle is a newly-qualified lawyer fighting for justice for a young girl. Ben is an urbane and charismatic junior diplomat, attached to Harare with the American embassy. With high-level pressure on Gabrielle to drop her case, and Robert Mugabe''s youth wing terrorising his political opponents as he tightens his grip on power, they begin a tentative love affair. But when they fall victim to a shocking attack, their lives splinter across continents and their stories diverge, forcing Gabrielle on a painful journey towards self-realisation. Irene Sabatini, winner of the 2010 Orange Award for New Writers, navigates Zimbabwe''s unfolding political crises, showing how the dehumanising effects of state-sponsored violence can shape and remake a life.

• | Author: Irene Sabatini
• | Publisher: The Indigo Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 19, 2020
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781911648048
• | ISBN-10: 1911648047