The Boy Next Door: A Powerful Love Story Set in Post-Independence ZimbabweTwo days after I turned fourteen, the son of our neighbor set his stepmother alight. Or so Lindiwe Bishop believes, though eighteen months later the charges against Ian McKenzie are dropped, and he returns home, full of charm and swagger. Intrigued, Lindiwe strikes up a covert friendship with the mysterious white boy next door. As a bond grows between them, they cannot foresee how severely it will be tested in the years ahead by secrets and by a world