Petina Gappah - The Book of Memory
A Zimbabwean woman charged with murdering her adoptive father awaits her execution
World Book Club · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Harriett Gilbert is joined by Zimbabwean novelist Petina Gappah for this month’s edition of World Book Club, continuing 2020’s celebration of women’s writing.
Petina will be answering questions from readers around the world about her novel The Book Of Memory. It’s narrated by Memory, an albino woman convicted of murdering her wealthy white guardian, who took her away from life in the townships when she was a child. In this testimony, written from her prison cell, Memory looks back over her life and confronts the events that led to this conviction.
(Photo: Petina Gappah. Credit: Marina Cavazza)