Lying Perfectly Still

<p>WOMEN''S PRIZE LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF ''STRANGE MUSIC''.</p><p>WINNER: SI LEEDS READER''S CHOICE AWARD 2022.</p><p>Leaving Oxford and the shocking death of her father behind, Koliwe travels to AIDS-ravaged Eswatini to take a job as an aid worker. The Southern Africa she encounters is a far cry from her father’s stories.</p><p>As she becomes enmeshed with Thandi, a local girl hiding a disturbing past, Koliwe feels increasingly split between her English identity and her rediscovered African roots.</p><p>When Thandi goes missing, Koliwe''s search for truth leads her deep into the mountains, where harsh realities of wealth, poverty, tradition and modernity, clash.</p>