This book shows two sides of a mental breakdown. The first described by Laurie as she experienced it when she was 18. The other described by her mother Carol as she tried to understand and find help for Laurie.A person having a breakdown loses their ...
This well-wrought story is drawn from Campbell’s firsthand knowledge of the karretjiemense (donkey cart people) of the Great Karoo, a vast area of parched earth and craggy mountains in South Africa. Through the voices of Kapok and Muis, the parents...
Esther Gelderblom has been waiting for a house for twenty years. In the bitter Oudtshoorn winter she and her friend Katjie queue to ask when their names will finally appear on the government’s list of housing recipients. Esther dreams of a home for...
Julie Corns felt trapped in her dull, boring life in Portsmouth, Ohio. That was until the day when Julie and her sister Shannon Wright, stumbled upon an old mahogany mirror while they were cleaning out their deceased mom's basement. The mirror was o...
It’s a black karoo night and a young woman covered in blood is running along a deserted dust track. Siena must reach Seekoegat Primary School, the only safe place she knows, but it’s a long way to run, a three-day ride on a donkey cart.As Siena r...
The one thing Larry the dog wants most in the world is to have a real home and belong to someone who loves him. But that is just a dream. Larry spends his days wandering around, an outsider, always looking for food to survive. Then he meets Blake, a ...