Amira Duynhouwer

A salon owner and young mother navigates life with her increasingly abusive partner.

Jay has spent fourteen years ignoring the thing that has been tearing up her marriage. Jay's husband cheated on her and had a daughter with someone else. And now, this girl, Stacey, is at their doorstep - wanting to get to know him.

The young teenager Josie grows up in a house with a lively family where the door is never closed. There is always a lot of hubbub, banging on doors, a TV playing and a big brother coming by to tease her. She does not like the bustle or noise at all. When one day she happens to be home alone for the first time, she cautiously looks around with new eyes. She finally has everything to herself. But perhaps it is a bit too quiet now. The title of this debut is Swahili for 'silence'.

A salon owner and young mother navigates life with her increasingly abusive partner.

A salon owner and young mother navigates life with her increasingly abusive partner.

Jay has spent fourteen years ignoring the thing that has been tearing up her marriage. Jay's husband cheated on her and had a daughter with someone else. And now, this girl, Stacey, is at their doorstep - wanting to get to know him.

Jay has spent fourteen years ignoring the thing that has been tearing up her marriage. Jay's husband cheated on her and had a daughter with someone else. And now, this girl, Stacey, is at their doorstep - wanting to get to know him.

The young teenager Josie grows up in a house with a lively family where the door is never closed. There is always a lot of hubbub, banging on doors, a TV playing and a big brother coming by to tease her. She does not like the bustle or noise at all. When one day she happens to be home alone for the first time, she cautiously looks around with new eyes. She finally has everything to herself. But perhaps it is a bit too quiet now. The title of this debut is Swahili for 'silence'.

The young teenager Josie grows up in a house with a lively family where the door is never closed. There is always a lot of hubbub, banging on doors, a TV playing and a big brother coming by to tease her. She does not like the bustle or noise at all. When one day she happens to be home alone for the first time, she cautiously looks around with new eyes. She finally has everything to herself. But perhaps it is a bit too quiet now. The title of this debut is Swahili for 'silence'.