User:Benlee~enwiki/Nervous Conditions

Chapter 1

 * 1 - nar.'s brother Nhamo died when she was 13, in 1968
 * 1 - story is about her and Lucia's escape, not about death
 * Why does she outline his story? Why does she tell you names before you know the characters?
 * 2 - lived in communal lands outside Umtali with Nhamo and uncle
 * 2 - brother didn't want to walk 2 miles home after the busride, complained about smells on public bus
 * 3 - childhood was all about nature - "The river, the trees, the fruit, and the fields."
 * 3 - start of trouble? - District Council Houses built nearby,
 * District Council Houses did the following:
 * people crossed Nyamarira (their river) to get to DCHs
 * DCHs were popular, so tuckshops (general stores?) were created, sold soda and perfume
 * kids liked to dance to music at tuckshops
 * gov't decides to built cheap beerhouse by tuckshops
 * 4 - "it was my uncle's idea that Nhamo go to school at the mission"
 * Nhamo is in the top of his class during the first years
 * 5 - uncle's name is Babamukuru
 * 6 - Nhamo uses school to escape home-life
 * says he can't come home for the (annoying) harvest because he has to read for exams
 * doesn't eat right... stays up at night "escaping" into books