Chapter 10 Summary

Jezile is released from prison a month early. Jezile and the other protestors who live in her village arrive home by bus without the knowledge of their family and friends. Jezile goes home to Siyalo and is quickly reunited with her daughter. However, Jezile is shocked by the baby's sickly appearance and immediately blames her mother-in-law. Over the next few weeks, Jezile throws herself into her child's care, trying in vain to save her life. In fact, Jezile does not tell her husband about her pregnancy because she feels as though she has failed in some way. MaBiyela discovers Jezile's pregnancy and tells everyone that the child is not her sons. Jezile is upset by this and confesses all to Siyalo. Siyalo does not doubt the child is his, but Jezile's desire to hide the pregnancy from him causes tension in their marriage...