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Separation
While Nelson Mandela spends the second year of his life sentence in prison, wealthy and privileged Jessica is out shopping with her best friend, unaware of the suffering around her. But when the mysterious Ben walks into her life, love changes her world in ways she couldn't possibly have imagined…
A story of conflict, friendship, loss and hope, Separation is the powerful debut novel from author Babette Brown, an authentic portrayal of the turmoil and intensities of teenage life set against the brutal South African apartheid regime.
A story of conflict, friendship, loss and hope, Separation is the powerful debut novel from author Babette Brown, an authentic portrayal of the turmoil and intensities of teenage life set against the brutal South African apartheid regime.
318 pages, Paperback
First published November 14, 2014
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About the author
Babette Brown
6 books2 followersI was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1931. I taught at a nursery school until 1963 when, to escape arrest for our anti-apartheid activities, my husband and I with our four young children fled to London.
Having worked for ten years in a nursery school, I got a job in a Further Education College lecturing to Nursery Nursing students where I became aware of how deeply racism, sexism, and classism are embedded in education..
In 1986 I left teaching and established the charity ‘Early Years Trainers Anti-Racist Network’ with a group of like-minded college lecturers and practitioners. I was later awarded the Guardian Jerwood Award for my charity work and am currently the Co-ordinator of the charity Persona Doll Training, which helps children develop empathy and challenge discrimination.
Having worked for ten years in a nursery school, I got a job in a Further Education College lecturing to Nursery Nursing students where I became aware of how deeply racism, sexism, and classism are embedded in education..
In 1986 I left teaching and established the charity ‘Early Years Trainers Anti-Racist Network’ with a group of like-minded college lecturers and practitioners. I was later awarded the Guardian Jerwood Award for my charity work and am currently the Co-ordinator of the charity Persona Doll Training, which helps children develop empathy and challenge discrimination.
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February 17, 2022
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January 15, 2015
This book was a wonderful enchanting view of teenage life in the white privileged world of apartheid South Africa in the 1960's. It's great that it was published and is available for people who can afford to buy it on Amazon but it would be wonderful if it could be read by every child in South Africa today no matter what race or social circumstance they come from as this kind of insight into the lives of "others" is what is so necessary now, perhaps more than ever
August 24, 2015
A wonderful book, combining an accurate representation of South Africa during the turbulent apartheid period and a beautiful romance that grows organically along with the characters. You really feel for Jessica and her friends and family, I even cried at one point, but I won't spoil it for you by telling you when!
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