There Is a Season — Marita Van der Vyver

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 singer living in Paris, a rebel. San, the well-groomed older sister, is a responsible mother, domesticated and far more conservative. Their contact with death forces them to face the reality of their lives, which is not what it appears to be. First published in Afrikaans as Vergenoeg, this translation will move Marita van der Vyver's readers to add it to their collection of her treasured works.