Whatever Happened to Rick Astley?

<p><em>Whatever happened to Rick Astley? She imagined that he was happily married with children. A record producer perhaps? That was the usual way with singers wasn't it? From Bryony Rheam the award winning author of All Come to Dust and This September Sun comes a collection of sixteen short stories shining a spotlight on life in Zimbabwe over the last twenty years. The daily routines and the greater fate of ordinary Zimbabweans are represented with a deft compassionate touch and flashes of humour. From the pot-holed side streets of Bulawayo to lush blooming gardens traversing down-at-heel bars and faded drawing rooms the stories in Whatever Happened to Rick Astley? ring with hope and poignancy and pay tribute to the resilience of </em></p><p><em>the human spirit.</em></p>