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Set Apart
Jacob Modise is an average thirteen year old child, living in an informal settlement during the late apartheid years in South Africa. Until one September afternoon, nothing could prepare him for how brutally his future would change. Facing not only racism and hatred, Jacob finds himself on a journey of starvation and unbearable loss as he fights for survival through the African wilderness. It is on this journey that he becomes a man and what lies in the path of his discovery, is as unpredictable as the friendships he establishes along the way. Lucy Morrison; a dainty British police officer takes on an Interpol exchange program in South Africa. She catches herself from falling in love, becomes entangled in a web of corruption and befriends Jacob, who changes her life forever. But she soon realizes that she could never return to normality as she had once perceived it to be and as the chapters of her new life opens in tragedy, she knows that things could only get better in the future. Injustice, hatred and grief get shaken to the ground as unpredictable and even bizarre events teach about unconditional love and forgiveness, in this tragedy.
330 pages, Paperback
First published July 31, 2014
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February 6, 2015
This passage from the book—Set Apart by Natasha Wright, caused me to relive so many happy memories and made me extremely nostalgic *sniffs*.....
'It was Saturday night and around a big bonfire sat all the campers from the tents and chalets. Old fables were recreated into tales that fooled most; of the wild, the brave, and the broken. Here and there laughter was swallowed by the open sky.'
Summed up, scenarios such as this showcase the quintessence of living on African soil, and despite the bloodshed and racial divides that still plague this country in the present day, as the setting of this book highlights—the energy of this continent will always pull at the hearts of those who have left its troubled shores.
As a South African who grew up in the midst of the Apartheid era, this story resonated with me. Decades on, with our motherland now currently in the grip of an undeniable 'white genocide and blatant reversal of Apartheid, it's all too easy to only see one side of the racial conundrum. In this poignant, unique and beautifully written story set on African soil, simmering racial tension is tempered by memorable characters who fiercely believe in equality for all.
I might add that immediately after reading this book, I rushed out and bought a box of Ouma rusks!!
Well done, Natasha on a thoroughly enjoyable debut!
'It was Saturday night and around a big bonfire sat all the campers from the tents and chalets. Old fables were recreated into tales that fooled most; of the wild, the brave, and the broken. Here and there laughter was swallowed by the open sky.'
Summed up, scenarios such as this showcase the quintessence of living on African soil, and despite the bloodshed and racial divides that still plague this country in the present day, as the setting of this book highlights—the energy of this continent will always pull at the hearts of those who have left its troubled shores.
As a South African who grew up in the midst of the Apartheid era, this story resonated with me. Decades on, with our motherland now currently in the grip of an undeniable 'white genocide and blatant reversal of Apartheid, it's all too easy to only see one side of the racial conundrum. In this poignant, unique and beautifully written story set on African soil, simmering racial tension is tempered by memorable characters who fiercely believe in equality for all.
I might add that immediately after reading this book, I rushed out and bought a box of Ouma rusks!!
Well done, Natasha on a thoroughly enjoyable debut!
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