{"product_id":"9781913175900-the-shipikisha-club","title":"The Shipikisha Club","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA powerful literary novel set in Zambia, in which a woman on trial for her husband's murder confronts marriage, silence and survival within a culture that demands endurance at all costs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman on trial. A marriage built on silence. A culture that demands endurance.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSali, a working mother of three, is on trial for the murder of her husband, Kasunga. Accused of shooting him after a fight in their bedroom, she pleads not guilty and must rely on an overworked legal aid lawyer as a courtroom hungry for judgement looks on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFourteen years earlier, Sali's life was shaped by a different kind of violence. The pressure to conform, to endure, to shipikisha. When an affair with a wealthy, married man ends in sudden death, she enters a loveless marriage to escape the shame of unwed motherhood. What follows is a life marked by infidelity, financial strain, postnatal depression and quiet suffering, until endurance finally gives way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold through a braided narrative moving between past and present, The Shipikisha Club is a powerful literary novel about marriage, motherhood and the devastating cost of silence in contemporary Zambia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57491282395510,"sku":"9781913175900","price":10.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40946392_5be62fd5-0f37-4355-a70c-f1620de0c059.jpg?v=1776919362","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781913175900-the-shipikisha-club","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}