Janet van Eeden Reviews Eve by Sandra Charles
Verdict: carrot
Eve is written by Sandra Charles, who left the Cape in her teens, but whose novel is rooted in the world of the Cape Flats with such authenticity that it smacks of lived experience.
The smells and sights of Kensington in the second half of the 20th Century come to life as Eve, aged five in 1962, finds that most men around her don’t know how to relate to a bright girl child. When her adored father beats her when she laughs at a rude joke he makes with friends, even though she doesn’t understand it, her relationship with men is permanently skewed.
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- Eve by Sandra Charles
EAN: 9780795703997
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