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Rising In The Cracks
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 15 2026
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Rising in the Cracks
A Novel
In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, the city remembers everything.
It remembers the promises men made. It remembers the silences women kept. It remembers who was allowed to rise-and who had to survive quietly.
Rising in the Cracks follows three women whose lives intersect through a small grassroots circle called Izandla- derived from the saying hands wash each other. What begins as a borrowed room and hesitant conversation becomes something steadier: a space where women speak without shrinking.
Nobantu is driven and sharp-minded, used to building structures others depend on. But she must learn the difference between control and care.
Lindani, a young mother determined to return to school, discovers that rebuilding a life does not always require permission-only courage and community.
Rutendo, watchful and intuitive, understands that cities hold memory in their streets, and that silence can be a form of resistance.
As relationships fracture and old power tries to reassert itself, the women choose something quieter but more enduring: to rise not through spectacle, but through clarity.
Set against the textured backdrop of urban Zimbabwe-its jacaranda trees, kombis, markets, and shifting economies-Rising in the Cracks is a literary novel about survival, mutual care, and the deliberate act of walking away.
For readers who appreciate character-driven fiction, intimate storytelling, and women-centered narratives of resilience.
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