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| Author | Yewande Omotoso |
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| Language | English |
| Set in | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Published | 2016 |
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| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 978-0008203566 |
| Preceded by | Bom Boy |
| Followed by | An Unusual Grief |
The Woman Next Door is a 2016 novel written by Yewande Omotoso. It is Omotoso's second novel, and her first to be published in the US. The story focuses on two elderly widows in Cape Town, one black and one white, who begin as acrimonious neighbors but come to know each other better after an accident. The novel was first conceived in 2012, and draws on Omotoso's research on Apartheid in South Africa and Jewish history in Cape Town. Thematically, the novel combines a serious examination of post-Apartheid reconciliation with witty debates between its characters.