Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize When Mavala Shikongo deserted them, the teachers at the boys\' school in Goas weren\'t surprised.
The teachers try hard, once again,.
When Mavala returns to Goas with a baby son, all are awed by her boldness.
They knew only one essential fact about their departed colleague: she was a combat veteran of Namibia\'s brutal war for independence.
How could they be? She was too beautiful, too powerful, and too mysterious for their tiny, remote, and arid world.
Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize When Mavala Shikongo deserted them, the teachers at the boys\' school in Goas weren\'t surprised