{"product_id":"9781431437160","title":"The Shipikisha Club, by Mubanga Kalimamukwento","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Zambia they say that marriage is \u003cem\u003eshipikisha\u003c\/em\u003e: endurance. You stay, and you bear it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in Lusaka across the first two decades of this century, Mubanga Kalimamukwento's novel follows three generations of women in one family. Peggy is a preacher's wife who has made her peace with the rules. Her daughter Sali, a schoolteacher, falls pregnant by a married doctor she is sure will leave his wife for her, and instead finds herself married to Kasunga, a stiff, proper policeman who agrees to raise the child as his own. That child, Ntashé, grows up wanting to be an actress and wanting a different life from the women before her. As the marriage sours over the years, the family ends up in a courtroom, where each woman has her own version of the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a sharp, often funny and deeply felt novel about marriage, motherhood and what women are expected to endure, from the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Mourning Bird\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mubanga Kalimamukwento\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jacana Media\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JACANA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50866799902978,"sku":"9781431437160","price":280.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1160\/4950\/files\/SHIPIKISHA-CLUB-HR-scaled.jpg?v=1792917479","url":"https:\/\/bridgebooks.co.za\/products\/9781431437160","provider":"Bridge Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}