Състояние: Много добро
Забележка: Почти отлично - леко захабена предна корица. Неизползвана книга.
Издателство: Headline Publishing Group
Град на издаване: London
Наличност: singular
Ширина (мм): 130
Височина (мм): 200
Дебелина (мм): 26
Корици: Меки

Duty and love collide on the arid plains of central South Africa. Previously released as 'Karoo Plainsong' this is a fully revised debut novel. Cathleen Harrington leaves her home in Ireland in 1919 to travel to South Africa and marry the fiance she has not seen for five years. Isolated and estranged in a harsh landscape, she finds solace in her diary and the friendship of her housemaid's daughter, Ada. Cathleen recognises in her someone she can love and respond to in a way that she cannot with her own husband and daughter. Under Cathleen's tutelage, Ada grows into an accomplished pianist, and a reader who cannot resist turning the pages of the diary, discovering the secrets Cathleen sought to hide. When Ada is compromised and finds she is expecting a mixed-race child, she flees her home, determined to spare Cathleen the knowledge of her betrayal, and the disgrace that would descend upon the family. Scorned within her own community, Ada is forced to carve a life for herself, her child, and her music. But Cathleen still believes in Ada, and risks the constraints of apartheid to search for her and persuade her to return with her daughter. Beyond the cruelty, there is love, hope - and redemption.

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1935: Isolated and estranged on the arid plains of South Africa, Irish Cathleen Harrington finds solace in her diary and the friendship of her housemaid’s daughter, Ada.

Under Cathleen’s teaching, Ada grows into a talented young woman, an accomplished pianist and an avid reader. But when she finds she is expecting a mixed-race child, she flees the home she loves. Forced to carve a life for herself, Ada swears she will never return. But Cathleen risks everything to search for Ada and teaches her the most important lesson yet - that beyond the cruelty of their divided country, there can still be love, hope and redemption.

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About the Author

Barbara Mutch was born and brought up in South Africa, the granddaughter of. Irish immigrants. She is married with two sons and divides her time between Cape Town and London. THE HOUSEMAID’S DAUGHTER is her first novel.

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Praise for THE HOUSEMAID’S DAUGHTER:

‘Life-affirming’
Essentials

‘A rich novel set in an era of political unrest, with echoes of 'The Help’
Image

‘The friendship at it’s centre will leave your heart singing’
Good Housekeeping

‘THE HOUSEMAID’S DAUGHTER is a much thought-provoking novel set in South Africa in 1919... This is a rich novel set in an era of political unrest’ Image Magazine (Eire)