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Set in 1993 South Africa on the road to democracy, the story is framed as a letter from the mother of one of the killers to the mother of the American girl who was murdered. Through this intimate correspondence the novel explores how apartheid’s brutality reverberated through a child’s life and the ripple effects on families left in its wake.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Psychological Fiction/Psychological Drama
Authors: Sindiwe Magona
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