Description
This September Sun (Parthian, 2012) praise: * Winner of Best First Book Award at Zimbabwe International Book Fair 2010 * In May 2012, it reached number 1 on Amazon Kindle sales. * 'As she uncovers Evelyn's secrets in the diaries, Ellie is forced to reconsider her relationship with her family and also to reexamine how she lives her own life...it's the personal moments and conflicts that drive this narrative of family secrets and forgiveness.' - Publishers Weekly * 'Brilliantly evokes the ennui of the pre-Independence settler community who measure out their lives in cups of tea, sundowners, and illicit affairs.' - John Eppel
About the Author
Bryony Rheam was born in Kadoma, Zimbabwe. Her debut novel This September Sun won Best First Book Award in 2010 and reached Number 1 on Amazon Kindle. She has also published a range of short stories in anthologies. In 2014, she won an international competition to write a chapter of an Agatha Christie novel. She has attended the Ake Book and Arts festival in Abeokuta, Nigeria and Africa Utopia at the Southbank Centre in London. Rheam is a recipient of the 2018 Miles Morland Writing scholarship. She is an English teacher at Girls' College and lives in Bulawayo with her partner and their two children.
Book Information
ISBN 9781913640026
Author Bryony Rheam
Format Paperback
Page Count 500
Imprint Parthian Books
Publisher Parthian Books