Sian Bezuidenhout Bücher

This darkly relevant novel is set against the backdrop of South Africa during the apartheid era. Three girls from different backgrounds tell their stories about rape. Their shocking narratives will disturb as they are universal to what women experience the world over. As they try to make sense of race, relationships, parenting, identity and other issues, their lives intersect, taking us across the globe from Durban to London and Amsterdam.

Alan is Autistic. He has felt deprived, neglected, and invisible for most of his life. ‘My voice shakes but I speak my truth.’ What comforts him is trees. ‘Trees were his spirit guides.’ Along his awkward, coming of age journey, Alan goes on a search for a better life and in doing so, encounters challenges, obstacles, and kind souls he never could have expected. This is an uplifting and life enhancing book.