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Ten years after leaving South Africa, Eva van Rensburg returns to her dying father, a violent stuttering man whose terrible secret Eva has kept since she was a child, and to Skinner's Drift, the family farm, a tough stretch of land on the Limpopo River where jackals and leopards still roam. In... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Martin Van Rensburg: Add a description of this character.
- Lorraine
- Mpho
- Baas Jannie
- Skinner
- Johanna
- Lefu
- Eva
- Neels
- Dirk
- Tosha
- Nkele
- Dolf Claasen
- Donder
- Grace
- Naledi
- Leeutjie
- Rolene
- Messina
- Fourie
- Wynand
- Makakaretsa
- Stefan
- Mike
- Ezekiel
- Katinka
- Evie
- Kobus
- Greg
- Mark
- Hendrik
- Lourens
- Mrs. Zietsman
- Dr. Krieger
- Mandela
- Mahlatse
First Sentence edit
Eva pressed her forehead to the window and watched the ruffle of waves rimming the coastline recede from view as the plane nosed its way toward Johannesburg.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lisa Fugard (Author)
Awards edit
- Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Finalist, 2007: Fiction, Runner-Up)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.92
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