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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
Description
"It is 1914. Germany has just declared war on France. ...Piet Barol, a European adventurer living as a poseur in South Africa's Cape Colony, navigates the turbulence and opportunities of this strange land in his blind quest for comfort and riches as thousands of black families have been turned out of their homes by a white government bent on confiscating 90% of the country for the exclusive use of Europeans. Piet and his wife have successfully, grandly...
Author
Language
English
Description
An "intelligently written and thought-provoking" novel of two women, an abandoned baby, a long-ago trauma, and a confrontation with truth (Cambridge Journal).
When they were nineteen, taking a summer journey along the British coast, Olivia and Eve found a newborn baby in a phone box.
The trip had been filled with adventures, arguments, and friendship. But that day marked the end of it all. The baby could have drawn them together, but instead,...
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