LIKE SODIUM IN WATER, a memoir of home and heartache

282pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2018

Hayden Eastwood's memoir about growing up in post-independence Zimbabwe.

"Funny, smart and ultimately tragic, Eastwood's coming-of-age story stands shoulder-to-shoulder with 'Catcher in the Rye', 'Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight' and other classics of the genre." Rian Malan, author of "My Traitor's Heart"

"A magnificent book - funny, touching and tragic - from a young writer wise beyond his years." Douglas Rogers, author of "The Last Resort"

Hayden Eastwood lives in Harare and works as a freelance software developer and tech entrepreneur.