A timeless coming-of-age tale of heartbreak and triumph set in South Africa at the dawn of apartheid.
Persomi is young, white, and poor, born the middle child of illiterate sharecroppers on the prosperous Fourie farm in the South African Bushveld. Persomiâs world is extraordinarily small. She has never been to the local village and spends her days absorbed in the rhythms of the natural world around her, escaping the brutality and squalor of her family home through the newspapers and books passed down to her from the main house and through her walks in the nearby mountains.
Persomiâs close relationship with her older brother Gerbrand and her fragile friendship with Boelie Fourieâheir to the Fourie farm and fortuneâare her lifeline and her only connection to the outside world. When Gerbrand leaves the farm to fight on the side of the Anglos in WWII and Boelie joins an underground network of Boer nationalists, Persomiâs isolated world is blown wide open. But as her very small world falls apart, bigger dreams open to herâdreams of an education, a profession, a native country that values justice and equality, and of love. As Persomi navigates the changing landscape around herâthe tragedies of war and the devastating racial strife of her homelandâshe finally discovers who she truly is, where she belongs, and why her lifeâand every lifeâmatters.
The English language publication of Child of the River solidifies Irma Joubert as a unique and powerful voice in historical fiction.
âFilled with lessons of grace and love, Child of the River is a story that reminds us all to hold steady through lifeâs most fragile hours.â âJulie Cantrell, New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of Perennials
Categories:
- Religion & Spirituality
- Literature & Fiction
- Christian
- Historical
- Christian
- Literature & Fiction
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Author : Joubert, Irma
Language : English
Published :2016-10-18
Number Of Pages : 416
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0718083105
ISBN-13 : 9780718083106
Item weight : 0.9 lb
Dimensions : 1.2 in x 5.4 in x 8.3 in
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