Faith's Childhood is Shattered When She Witnesses a Massacre in Her Village in Rural Mozambique. She Escapes, but Loses Everything -- Her Parents, Her Home, Her Identity and Her Voice. a Shattering of Silence Charts Faith's Quest to Find a Place for Herself in War-Torn Mozambique, Where She is Caught Between the White Colonials and the Local Resistance. Karodia's Fast-Moving Novel Undermines Traditional Views of the Role of Women and the Nature of Resistance. It is a Spirited Response to the Brutalising Effects of War.