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Mol Benade and her family—Treppie, Pop, and son Lambert—reside together in a derelict government house surrounded by broken appliances and fading memories. Their fragile ties are further strained by complex, intimate relationships that range from support to tension. As South Africa heads toward its first free election in 1994, a hidden secret looms, threatening to fracture and transform the family’s interconnected dynamics.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Marlene Van Niekerk
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