Author: Petina Gappah

Quotes

People always ask me how I manage to find humor in so much bleakness. I think this is almost a necessary skill to have.

People always ask me how I manage to find humor in so much bleakness. I think this is almost a necessary skill to have.

- Petina Gappah

My grandfather was a polygamous man, and he had two wives, and between him and his two wives, we are about 200 or so in our family.

My grandfather was a polygamous man, and he had two wives, and between him and his two wives, we are about 200 or so in our family.

- Petina Gappah

If I truly had the courage of my convictions, I would be a full-blown comic novelist.

If I truly had the courage of my convictions, I would be a full-blown comic novelist.

- Petina Gappah

For the first years of my life, I went to school in Rhodesia. My memory of living in the townships is that they were actually really happy places.

For the first years of my life, I went to school in Rhodesia. My memory of living in the townships is that they were actually really happy places.

- Petina Gappah

There's a Shona saying: 'chakafukidza dzimba matenga' - 'What covers the home is the roof,' or 'Every home has its secrets.'

There's a Shona saying: 'chakafukidza dzimba matenga' - 'What covers the home is the roof,' or 'Every home has its secrets.'

- Petina Gappah

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