Status Updates From The Promise

This book is sooooo good. Such a f’d up family in an F’d up country during apartheid.
I love how the author fluidly changes pov by mentioning a character and then you’re in that character’s thoughts or hearing their words. So many fantastic quotes and moments. Damn! And compulsively readable.

“How would you know she is a ghost? Many of the living are vague and adrift too, it’s not a failing unique to the departed.”

So far, I’ve met Amor, her Tannie Marina and Oom Ockie and their last born son. They’re on their way to her home after receiving news that her MA has passed on. I’m meeting and understanding all the characters.