Mystery & Crime
In Our Father's Shadows
Author
Precious Ngoma
Description
Solomon's heart iced over at the midwives' warning: no ninth child, or his wife dies. Eight souls two daughters, six sons yet rage gnawed him raw.
Themba was Solomon's seventh child out of eight. He had always longed for a ninth, but the midwives warned that his wife wouldn't survive another birth. This news not only wounded Solomon deeply but also hardened him even further. His heart, already cold from years of loss and battle, seemed to freeze completely.
