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Patricia Chater wrote this account of her life from the unique position of an English woman who became absorbed into a religious community when she joined the caring and spiritual church of St Francis in Zimbabwe in the early 1960s. In a sympathetic, understated and matter-of-fact manner, she describes what it meant for the members of the community to struggle for liberation in their own land and then to face the challenges of the post-independence years. Her memoir is a contribution to the story of Zimbabwe, showing how national events impact on one particular place and on one particular...

Seven young Zimbabweans are abducted from a remote border village by a group of matsangaise. They are used as porters to carry their booty to Mozambique. After several adventures which test their courage and endurance, they safely return home. Before very long, however, Tapiwa and Ben are sent to town to live with an uncle. Then soon afterwards, their widowed mother dies. But if this were not trouble enough, their guardian uncle is jailed for illegally dealing in ivory and the young boys are forced into living on the street. Patricia Chater vividly captures the adventure and adversities of...