![]() ![]() ![]() But, like the thousands of people all over the world trying to forge new lives far from home, Darling finds this new paradise brings its own set of challenges - for her and also for those she's left behind. ![]() They dream of the paradises of America, Dubai, Europe, where Madonna and Barack Obama and David Beckham live.įor Darling, that dream will come true. There's mischief and adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices. A playground overflowing with mischief and games where they imagine countries a luxurious life away from theirs in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe. Home of 10-year-old Darling and her friends: four children on the edge of innocence. Nobody wants to be rags of countries like Congo, like Somalia, like Iraq, like Sudan, like Haiti and not even this one we live in - who wants to be a terrible place of hunger and things falling apart? Darling and her friends live in a shanty called Paradise, which of course is no such thing. We need new names By NoViolet Bulawayo, in a new adaptation by Mufaro Makubika Directed by Monique Touko Paradise. Everybody wants to be the USA and Britain and Canada and Australia and Switzerland and them. To play the country-game, we have to choose a country. ![]() Oliver is a handsome white lawyer with a dark family secret. His daughter, Tammy, grapples with the pressure of expectations. Ten-year-old Darling has a choice: it's down, or out. Paper Names by Susie Luo (May 2) This novel explores the American experience from three different perspectives: Tony has sacrificed much to give his family a better life in America. ![]()
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