{"product_id":"for-want-of-a-totem-9781779223296","title":"For Want of a Totem","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Vivienne Ndlovu\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Weaver Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Weaver Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Girls \u0026amp; Women\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZonipha is a rural girl newly inaugurated into the city as a domestic worker. Ambitious but righteous, she seeks to improve herself. Life disagrees and Zonipha finds herself ensnared by an abusive man, her employer. Unable to escape, she falls pregnant with a child who can never know his father, and following her unhappy decision will never know his mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFate intervenes at a tuckshop when Eugenia, who has longed for child, discovers the abandoned baby. In doing so, she pioneers a movement that seems to defy culture as she tries to encourage the idea of adoption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor Want of a Totem \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the meaning of family and what it means to be a parent. If a child is abandoned, who must raise her. This short but moving novel raised important questions about culture and its adaptability as it responds to contemporary and sometimes contentious issues.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46472572698775,"sku":"9781779223296","price":1893.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781779223296.jpg?v=1766254920","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/for-want-of-a-totem-9781779223296","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}