What behind-the-scenes woman do you think is the glue that keeps things together? There are so many it’s hard to even list. I have to start with my sisters: one is a speech pathologist for nonverbal autistic pediatric patients, one is a psychologist, and the other is a public health professor. International Woman’s Day is also the book birthday of Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo in which it is the women who are the true fabric of society. The book is a beast, a book to be reckoned with just like all females. It’s an allegorical tale inspired by Animal Farm to remind us that power corrupts and changes people with the best of intentions. In the mythical nation of Jidada the Father of the Nation, Old Horse can’t even stay awake to give a speech. Yet his wife, Dr. Sweet Mothe r stands by his side fearlessly. Besides Dr. Sweet, there is the amazing character Destiny. Destiny Lozikeyi Khumalo is a goat who returns to Jidada to face her traged...