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    The Book of Memory
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Book of Memory

    Written by Petina Gappah

    Narrated by Chipo Chung

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    About this audiobook

    Memory, the narrator of The Book of Memory, is an albino woman languishing in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare, Zimbabwe, where she has been convicted of murder. As part of her appeal her lawyer insists that she write down what happened as she remembers it. As her story unfolds, Memory reveals that she has been convicted for the murder of her adopted father. But did everything happen exactly as she remembers?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateMay 5, 2016
    ISBN9781510032613
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    The Book of Memory
    Author

    Petina Gappah

    Petina Gappah is a widely translated Zimbabwean writer. She is the author of two novels, Out of Darkness, Shining Light; The Book of Memory; and two short story collections, Rotten Row and An Elegy for Easterly. Her work has been short-listed for the Orwell Prize, the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the PEN/Open Book Award, the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, and the Prix Femina (etranger), among other honors. She is the recipient of the Guardian First Book Award and the McKitterick Prize from the Society of Authors. A lawyer specializing in international trade and investment as well as a writer, Petina currently lives in Harare, Zimbabwe.

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    • 5/5
      This book is amazing. Pettina Gappa told this story exactly as it needed to be told. The narrator Chipo Chung brought life to the story in a whole different way. Totally worth recommending and rereading.

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    • 5/5
      This book was so well written. It had such humorous moments in between such heavy themes that as a Zimbabwean I could relate to so well. Bravo!!!!
    • 5/5
      Honestly, I had a great experience walking down Memory's memory lane
    • 4/5
      It’s a slow yet well-written story. I have to admit that I zoomed out from time to time while listening to the first 2/3 of it. But the last 1/3 really grabbed my attention. I enjoyed how the mysteries got answered. Also; the narrator… WOW! Her performance is definitely one of the most exquisite I have ever encountered! I am about to find more audiobooks narrated by her