This collection of short stories was a great glimpse into a culture I personally did not know much about. I do wish the tone of the stories or the voice had felt a bit more different through the different stories, but there were definitely a few unique, strong characters. All of the women in this collection are either in Zimbabwe, an immigrant, or child of immigrants now in the United States. I liked the way that the stories tackled really tough issues. In a time when Americans can be cold and callus towards the experience of immigrants I think we need more stories that give voice to the immigrant experience. I also really liked that there was no sugar coating to these stories and the themes were to be frank rather dark, but I felt this made them more realistic. These stories are well written and at least a couple of them are going to be sticking with me for quite some time.