Child of the River
Persomiās dreams are much bigger than the world of poverty and deprivation that surround her in the Bushveld of the 1940s and 1950s in South Africa.
Persomi is young, white and poor, born the middle child of illiterate sharecroppers on the prosperous Fourie farm. Persomiās 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. Her older brother, Gerbrand, is her lifeline and her connection to the outside world. When he leaves the farm to seek work in Johannesburg, Persomiās isolated world is blown wide open. But as her very small world falls apart, bigger dreams become open to herādreams of an education, a profession, and of love. As Persomi navigates the changing world around herāthe tragedies of WWII and the devastating racial strife of her homelandāshe finally discovers who she truly is and where she belongs.
A compelling coming of age story with an unlikely and utterly memorable heroine, Persomiās English language publication solidifies Irma Joubertās important place in the canon of inspirational historical fiction.
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Child of the River
Persomiās dreams are much bigger than the world of poverty and deprivation that surround her in the Bushveld of the 1940s and 1950s in South Africa.
Persomi is young, white and poor, born the middle child of illiterate sharecroppers on the prosperous Fourie farm. Persomiās 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. Her older brother, Gerbrand, is her lifeline and her connection to the outside world. When he leaves the farm to seek work in Johannesburg, Persomiās isolated world is blown wide open. But as her very small world falls apart, bigger dreams become open to herādreams of an education, a profession, and of love. As Persomi navigates the changing world around herāthe tragedies of WWII and the devastating racial strife of her homelandāshe finally discovers who she truly is and where she belongs.
A compelling coming of age story with an unlikely and utterly memorable heroine, Persomiās English language publication solidifies Irma Joubertās important place in the canon of inspirational historical fiction.
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Persomiās dreams are much bigger than the world of poverty and deprivation that surround her in the Bushveld of the 1940s and 1950s in South Africa.
Persomi is young, white and poor, born the middle child of illiterate sharecroppers on the prosperous Fourie farm. Persomiās 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. Her older brother, Gerbrand, is her lifeline and her connection to the outside world. When he leaves the farm to seek work in Johannesburg, Persomiās isolated world is blown wide open. But as her very small world falls apart, bigger dreams become open to herādreams of an education, a profession, and of love. As Persomi navigates the changing world around herāthe tragedies of WWII and the devastating racial strife of her homelandāshe finally discovers who she truly is and where she belongs.
A compelling coming of age story with an unlikely and utterly memorable heroine, Persomiās English language publication solidifies Irma Joubertās important place in the canon of inspirational historical fiction.
