A woman in a township in Zimbabwe is surrounded by throngs of dusty children but longs for a baby of her own; an old man finds that his new job making coffins at No Matter Funeral Parlor brings unexpected riches; a politician\'s widow stands quietly by at her husband\'s funeral, watching his colleagues bury an empty casket.
Petina Gappah\'s characters may have ordinary hopes and dreams, but they are living in a world where a loaf of bread costs half a million dollars, where wives can\'t trust.
A woman in a township in Zimbabwe is surrounded by throngs of dusty children but longs for a baby of her own; an old man finds that his new job making coffins at No Matter Funeral Parlor brings unexpected riches; a politician\'s widow stands quietly by at her husband\'s funeral, watching his colleagues bury an empty casket
