"I am admitting defeat to my hectic schedule. I am giving in to something I thought I would never do. I’m going to hire a maid." And not just any maid … When Thandi decides she’s done with being a Supermom to her five-year-old son, a Superslut to her man and a Superwoman to her staff at the tourism board, she realises she needs to concede to the great South African bourgeois accessory: a maid. And since she doesn’t have the heart to boss a ‘sister’ about in her own home – and would love to see the look on her best friends’ faces – it’s going to have to be a white maid. The arrival of the charming ex-con, Marita, catalyses a chain of events which forces Thandi and her two closest friends to confront their assump tions about relationships, history and each other.
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Zukiswa Wanner. The Madams
Title Page
Dedication
Prologue
1. Nosizwe the Clothes Horse
2. Rule Brittania
3. And Then There is Me
4. The Recruitment
5. Madamhood
6. The Confrontation
7. Friendless
8. Madam and Eve
9. All Good?
10. Secrets and Spas
11. Guns without Roses
12. After the Winter
13. Stronger Together?
14. Drama on Woodward Street
15. Whirlwind from the East
16. Rebirth and Reconciliation
17. Ghosts
18. Of Drunken Showers
19. Will I be your Valentine?
20. Go Thandi, it’s your Birthday?
21. A Dish Best Served Cold
22. Of Love and Marriage
Epilogue
Glossary
About the Book. Synopsis
About the Author
Imprint Page
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A Wildly Provocative Novel by
ZUKISWA WANNER
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Huh. Men always whine about not being involved in household decisions, but listen to that man saying ‘your’ and not ‘our’ maid, as though she will be serving me alone.
I send an SMS to my father: Thinking of getting a white maid. He texts me back immediately: Make sure she does the toilets.
