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Colette Victor

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Born

in Pretoria, South Africa

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Young Adult, Contemporary

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John Steinbeck, J.D. Salinger, Tennessee Williams, Jack Kerouac, Alan ...more

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Although Colette Victor has been living in Belgium since 2001, in heart and marrow she’s a South African. As a community worker in a disadvantaged ex-mining community in Genk, she works with an array of people from a range of ethnic and social backgrounds.
What to do with lobsters in a place like Klippiesfontein is her second published novel. Head over Heart, a YA novel, was published in 2014. She’s currently hard at work on the next one, also for adults.
When she’s not working, writing or being a mum, she promotes reading for young children and teaches creative writing to people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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Average rating: 3.83 · 112 ratings · 27 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Head Over Heart 3.77 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What To Do With Lobsters in a Place Like Klippiesfontein 4.09 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Tag, an dem die Hummer schwimmen lernten: Roman by Colette Victor (Goodreads Author), Ute Brammertz (Translator) 3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le coeur d'un couple 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Coeur d'un couple by Paul-Émile Victor, Colette Victor (Goodreads Author), Jacques Salomé 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Fork in the Road: A Memoir

by André Brink

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Making Connections: 4114. WHAT TO DO WITH LOBSTERS IN A PLACE LIKE KLIPPIESFONTEIN by Colette Victor	1	8	Nov 26, 2015 05:50PM
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