One of her ten top opening scenes in books, as shared at The Guardian:
We Need New Names by NoViolet BulawayoRead about the other entries on the list.
“We are on our way to Budapest. Bastard and Chipo and Godknows and Sbho and Stina and me. We are going even though we are not allowed to cross Mizilikazi Road, even though Bastard is supposed to be watching his sister Fraction, even though Mother would kill me dead if she found out; we are just going.”
All I thought when I read this was, I’m going too.
--Marshal Zeringue