Review: The Creation of Half-Broken People

The Creation of Half-Broken People

Author: Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu

House of Anansi Press, 2025

ISBN: 9781487013271 (paperback)
9781487013288 (EPUB)

$24.99 CAD (paperback)
$19.99 CAD (EPUB)

384 pages

Ages: 15 and up

The Creation of Half-Broken People is a work of literary fiction told from the perspective of an anonymous woman who sees visions of three other women. Entangled with the Good family (descendants of King Solomon’s Mines’ Captain John Good), the anonymous woman travels to Holdengarde castle in Zimbabwe to plan a centennial celebration for the Good Foundation. During her time there, she writes the stories of the misremembered, misbegotten, and forgotten women in her visions. Though not immediately attention grabbing, Ndlovu writes in a simple yet flowing prose that sweeps the reader along in an overall engrossing story that transcends generations. Addresses topics of colonialism, mental illness, and race. For ages 15+.