An amusing novel about getting old, featuring two neighbours, both widows in their 80s, one white and one black, who are sworn enemies until they are forced together. Set in South Africa, from the author of "Bom Boy".

Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, Hortensia and Marion are next door neighbours in a charming, bougainvillea-laden Cape Town suburb. Both are successful women with impressive careers behind them. An insightful and fascinating diptych of two women, with the history of colonialism and slavery lurking in the background.