Shadow sisters / Shelley Davidow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidow, Shelley, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apartheid--South Africa.

Apartheid.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Queensland, Australia : University of Queensland Press, 2018.

Summary:

A brave, heartrending memoir of family, love and longing in the turbulent era of Apartheid in South Africa. During the terrifying years of Apartheid in South Africa, Shelley Davidow's family was a crime. At a time when it was illegal for black and white people to live together, Shelley's social activist parents took in Rosie, an abandoned black three-year-old. Rosie grew up as a beloved daughter and sister in a white household. Against the backdrop of racist laws and ever-present threats of violence, Shelley's parents did all they could to provide a safe, happy home for their five children. But when Rosie was sixteen, devastating truths came to light, shattering the family's understanding of the past. In this haunting memoir, Shelley Davidow sifts through the memories of her early life, searching for hope and reconciliation. Shadow Sisters leaves us with a deeper understanding of family love and of how, sometimes, that love is not enough.

Contents:

Cover

Praise

Author biography

Title page

Imprint page

Dedication

1: A House by the River

2: A Foot in the Wall

3: The Builder Who Lived in a Shed

4: The Girl with the Name of a Flower

5: The Deep End of the Pool

6: Death in the Morning

7: Dying of Starvation and the Taste of Lollipops

8: Sellouts

9: Lessons from a Flight Instructor

10: Falling for Mr J

11: A Few States of Emergency

12: The Art of Truth-bending

13: The Smell of Someone Too Old

14: Aftershocks

15: The Art of Self-defence

16: The Taste of a Cool Wind

17: Escapees

18: How Things Crumble

19: The Rainbow Nation

20: Unravelling

21: Childhood, Version 2

22: Consecutive Acts of Trust-breaking

23: Heading North, Losing Things, Letting Go

24: Turning out the Lights

25: Money Is Sometimes Nothing

26: Entropy

27: Continental Drift

28: Time-travelling

29: Home Invasion

30: Skies of the Southern Hemisphere

31: The Last Return

32: Lost Stories

33: Imaginary Ending

34: After-images

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed March 21, 2018).

ISBN:

0-7022-6082-7