โ Scribed by Z. P. Dala
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A novel of forgiveness and reconciliation that shines light on the dark underbelly of South Africa's fight for freedom and democracy.
Estranged at the age of six from her mother, who sent her away from her hometown of Brighton in rural Zululand, brilliant architect Afroze Bhana has carved out an impressive life for herself in Cape Town. But when she receives word that her aging mother is desperately ill, she finds herself compelled to return to her place of birth to find answers about her painful childhood.
Afroze arrives in Brighton to find that her mother, Sylvie--who was a doctor and a fierce activist during the dark days of the anti-apartheid struggle--is a shadow of her formidable self, but Sylvie has still retained her sarcasm and anger toward the daughter that she sent away. Somehow, Sylvie cannot draw her daughter close, even facing the looming threat of her own mortality. She remains in the cottage of Afroze's childhood, frozen in a world where...
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