Interconnecting stories about growing up white and Jewish in Cape Town, South Africa, focus on fifteen-year-old Basil Kushenovitz, whose life is increasingly crowded with contradictions. By the author of
In Johannesburg in the 1960s, a white, Jewish girl's struggles with puberty and with her mother's unfortunate remarriage are exacerbated by the sexual repressiveness and social injustice she sees all around her....
Mom, Dad, baby Bubbles, and Chum the dog fill the house with their vacuuming, shouting, banging, and barking. Quiet little Armstrong only gets in the way . . . until he climbs a ladder to the clouds for some peace and quiet. Jan Ormerod's vivid pictu...