a novel Manenzhe, Rešoketšwe creator author. text novel Historical fiction. Fictional Work Historical fiction. Novels. Romans. nyu 2022 2020 First HarperVia edition. monographic eng

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279 pages ; 24 cm In 1927 South Africa, when the Immorality Act is passed, prohibiting sexual intercourse between Europeans (white people) and natives (Black people), married couple Alisa and Abram find their bond in tatters, which leads Alisa to commit a devastating act, one that will reverberate through their entire family's lives. 1927 South Africa. The Immorality Act is passed, prohibiting sexual intercourse between Europeans (white people) and natives (Black people), Married couple Alisa and Abram find their bond in tatters. Abram, a South African winemaker, will tell you that things went wrong when his wife stopped loving him, when his children couldn't be citizens of their country of birth, and his country tried to put him in prison and steal his vote and estate. Alish will tell you that things went wrong much earlier than that: when her ancestors were brought to the Caribbean islands as slaves, and that after her birth parents died she was adopted by an Englishman who raised her in the United Kingdom. There's also Dido, their troubled eldest daughter; an angry man; and a woman who kept a secret she shouldn't have. -- adapted from Goodreads info Rešoketšwe Manenzhe. Originally published as Scatterlings in South Africa in 2020 by Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd. f-sa--- Interracial marriage Fiction Interracial marriage Law and legislation Fiction South Africans Fiction South Africa Fiction 9780063264113 0063264110 9780063264120 0063264129 2022016126 220415 20231128124619.0 1289986746