Griet Swart is a recently divorced, 30-ish woman living out of a suitcase in a borrowed flat in Cape Town, South Africa. A collector of fairy tales for a children's book publisher, Griet soon finds herself viewing her own life in storybook terms. Whi...
Living in South Africa an adult, Mart Vermaak reminisces about growing up in the South African outback during the 1970s with her roommate Dalena as they seek out the truth about love, sex, and the political realities of their country. 15,000 first pr...
A moving, intimate account of the relationship between mother and daughters, and a reflective squaring-up to death. Adele is dying. Her two daughters meet up after many years apart to take care of her in her fading days. Bella is single, bohemian, a ...
Welcome to San Fernando Valley, California, where Martha Rose and her coterie of quilters are enjoying life on the good side of retirement -- until murder pulls a stitch out of their plans. . .Martha and her besties Lucy and Birdie are set to expand ...
More than a decade ago Marita van der Vyver emigrated to Francewhere she married a Frenchman and settled in the scenic countrysideof Provence. Having become famous for a novel built on fairy tales,her life resembles that of a princess meeting her Pri...
Willem Prins wanders the streets of Paris, disillusioned and glum. Once, he showed great promise as a South African writer of distinction, but years of disappointment have left their mark. Drowning himself in the Seine may well be the only option lef...
A letter among her deceased ex-husband’s belongings rips open Theresa’s world. For years she has turned her back on Theo, a man who spent the last two decades of his life institutionalised, and on their shared past in a country where teenage boys...