Author: Fiona Sussman
Published: October 2015, Berkley
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
Set against the tumultuous background of apartheid South Africa, a powerful and moving debut about family, sacrifice, and discovering what it means to belong…
Celia Mphephu knows her place in the world. A black servant working in the white suburbs of 1960s Johannesburg, she’s all too aware of her limitations. Nonetheless, she has found herself a comfortable corner: She has a job, can support her faraway family, and is raising her youngest child, Miriam.
But as racial tensions explode, Celia’s world shifts. Her employers decide to flee the political turmoil and move to England—and they ask to adopt Miriam and take her with them. Devastated at the prospect of losing her only daughter, yet unable to deny her child a safer and more promising future, Celia agrees, forever defining both their futures.
As Celia fights against the shattering violence of her time, Miriam battles the quiet racism of England, struggling to find her place in a land to which she doesn’t belong—until the call of her heritage inexorably draws her back to Africa to discover the truth behind her mother’s choices and uncover a heartbreaking secret from long ago…
Praise for Another Womans Daughter:
“Wonderfully written and rich in emotion, Sussman’s debut is a must-read.” –RT Reviews *top pick*
“A highly emotional, instantly readable, unusually intelligent and satisfying novel about the days of apartheid in South Africa.”—Fay Weldon
“Incredibly powerful stuff . . . it defies us to put it down.”—The Bookbag (UK)
“The most affecting and powerful novel I have read in a long while.”—Beattie’s Book Blog
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This giveaway is open to US residents only and ends October 14th.
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