This collection of 26 new short stories by well-known as well as new South African writers focuses on the world of young people entering adulthood amidst the wide-ranging changes in South Africa in the 1990s. The stories range from serious to light-hearted, some dealing with politics, others with personal experiences like being in love. Together the stories portray a wide variety of the experiences of young people before, during, and after the crucial elections of April 1994. The stories are organized chronologically according to the time in which they are set.