The Comrade's Wife: A novel

The Comrade's Wife explores the contemporary South African landscape through the perspective of a political wife who shares the joys and terrors of marriage to a rising politician. It follows the personal and political collision within the lives of an increasing power couple, who navigate political life as part of the new black elite in post-apartheid South Africa. Boswell’s singular eye and voice bring South Africa a new love story that delves into party politics, marriage, betrayal, sexual violence, and how contemporary institutions meant to serve ordinary citizens betray them, especially the barriers black women face in the contemporary landscape.