From the reviews of House of Stone:

‘A captivating personal history of Zimbabwe's recent past… Lamb's achievement is to present the modern story of Zimbabwe through convincing portraits from across the racial divide. It takes great insight and considerable imaginative powers to describe the unfolding story from both sides, but this she manages with complete conviction … consummate storyteller that she is, Lamb finds some ray of hope for her protagonists’

ANTHONY SATTIN, Sunday Times

‘Lamb's achievement is to use this rich tale of the complex and moving relationship between the two central characters as a route through Zimbabwe's history … House of Stone is testament to the need for journalists to continue to risk their freedom to highlight the tragedy of both white and black suffering in Zimbabwe’

Sunday Telegraph

‘Riveting… Lamb describes in harrowing detail the social and political chaos. Her book tells a disaster story on a massive scale’

VAL HENNESSY, Daily Mail

‘Lamb's book shadow[s] the recent history of the country through two likeable but ultimately tragic characters. Lamb is a careful observer, and her anguished refrain is the terrible schizophrenia of people who fiercely love their land but do nothing to save it. The strength here is in the storytelling, and Lamb, a fine reporter, tells it well… her book deserves to be read’

Daily Telegraph

‘Lamb is a courageous and excellent reporter’

Observer

‘Compelling … Lamb has a remarkable pair of stories to tell, and does so extremely well’

Spectator

‘Powerful … a fascinating absorbingly told narrative. Beautifully written, it is a deeply moving account and an invaluable addition to our understanding of modern Zimbabwe’

Scotland on Sunday

‘Compelling … Christina Lamb's story humanises an inhuman ongoing war’

Irish Times

‘Well-written … the reader cannot fail to be roused to anger and, quite possibly despair, by this deeply humane account of what has been allowed to happen’

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