ISBN 9781736332801 | paperback | $16.95 | publication date September 2021
ISBN 9781736332818 | ebook | $12.99 | publication date September 2021
We are the publisher for the South African release of the book. For US purchases, please visit Glynnis’ author page on Amazon.
A chance meeting in South Africa, in the middle of nowhere, changes everything for American Peace Corp worker Mandy Walker.
When the taxi Mandy is riding in runs out of petrol, she and her companion are stranded alongside a country road with their fellow passengers, all of whom are Zulu. While they wait for help, friendships develop as they share problems and stories—and Mandy finds herself drawn to 8-year-old Jabulani, an AIDS orphan. She determines to help the boy, but what she proposes to do is not an easy road to follow; she faces legal and logistical problems, and much opposition. There is one person who supports her though—a lawyer whom she meets in Durban. Meeting him adds to her dilemma and she is torn by conflicting loyalties.
A complex story that delves into the meaning of ubuntu, the politics of personal compassion, and the complications of responsibility, culpability, culture, and one’s position in the world.
Reviews
“[A] story of the power of Ubuntu, emphasising how we should embrace those unexpected stops on our personal journeys and the respect that needs to be shown for tradition and culture. Hayward writes with empathy and understanding using her South African background to bring a heart-warming and thoughtful story to a broader audience.”—Beryl Eichenberger
“Hayward tackles topics such as racism, HIV / Aids, the tension between traditional culture and modern life, adoptions of children from Africa by foreigners, racial violence and much more. The material has the potential to truly strike a chord.” —LitNet
About Glynnis hayward
Glynnis Hayward, a Pultizer Center award-winning writer, was born and raised in South Africa. After graduating from the University of Natal (KZN), she taught English in South Africa and London before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area. Here, while raising her children, she continued to teach English as a second language before beginning her writing career. A member of PEN South Africa with four previous novels published, she has had mention in the Commonwealth Journal of Literature alongside other South African writers and Booker prize winners, Alan Paton, Doris Lessing, J.M. Coetzee and Nadine Gordimer.
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