Dance with a Poor Man's Daughter

Literature & Fiction

Jooste, Pamela

Contemporary

DOUBLEDAY

Story based on friendships between two different races and cultures. 'Immensley moving and readable." (The Times)

Frieda and Min

DANCE WITH A POOR MANS DAUGHTER

In the new South Africa, Julia belongs to the inner circle of Johannesburg high society, despite her adulterous husband, rebellious daughter, unmotivated staff, a best friend with murderous intentions, and her husband's ex who is coming to town.

People Like Ourselves

Doubleday, UK

Julia belongs to the inner circle of Johannesburg high society. It is rumored that all those not invited to her wedding had to pretend to be out of town in order to save face. But in the New South Africa, things have changed. The days of tea on the lawn are over. This elegant, perceptive novel takes a wry look at the brave new world that is the “African miracle” today, where a woman’s social standing is no longer secured by the amount of starch in her table linen, and where it is too late to wish one had taken a stand against apartheid.

Transworld Publishers

"I knew then that there were some things not even Ruby could keep from me forever and this was one of them. We were colored girls in a white world that didn’t want us."  Born on the wrong side of a racial divide in apartheid-torn Cape Town, young sisters Ruby and Rose exist in a world where they are not welcome. As part of the Cape Colored community, they are considered socially inferior, yet even within their own social group the sisters live in the poor end of town. Their father was killed when they were very small, so when their mother dies after a protracted illness, Ruby and Rose’s fate falls into the hands of Aunt Olive. Ruby knows without being told that their aunt’s home will not be opened up to them  charity does not extend to the poor relations who would cast a smudge on such a respectable house. Aunt Olive condemns her nieces to the local orphanage, relieving her conscience with monthly invitations to Sunday lunch. In the orphanage the girls grow up sheltered from a divided world that they do not yet fully understand, but the day approaches when Ruby and Rose must forge their own paths in life and confront the lessons that apartheid enforces. Like the award-winning Dance with a Poor Man’s Daughter, this beautifully observed novel of sisterly love once again displays Pamela Jooste’s poignant understanding of human nature.

Star of the Morning

Born on the wrong side of a racial divide in apartheid-torn Cape Town, young sisters Ruby and Rose exist in a world where they are not welcome. As part of the Cape Colored community they are considered socially inferior, and even within their own social group the sisters live in the poor end of town. When their mother dies from a protracted illness, the girls’ fate falls into the hands of Aunt Olive. Ruby knows that their aunt’s home will not be open to themcharity does not extend to the poor relations who would cast a smudge on such a respectable house. Instead, Aunt Olive condemns her nieces to the local orphanage, relieving her conscience with monthly invitations to Sunday lunch. In the orphanage the girls grow up sheltered from a divided world that they do not yet fully understand, but the day approaches when Ruby and Rose must forge their own paths in life and confront the lessons that apartheid enforces.

Frieda And Min

Black Swan.

Through the sharp yet loving eyes of eleven-year-old Lily we see the whole exotic, vivid, vigorous culture of the Cape Coloured community at the time when apartheid threatened its destruction. As Lily's beautiful but angry mother returns to Cape Town, determined to fight for justice for her family, so the story of Lily's past—and future—erupts.

Like Water in Wild Places is a story about a brother and sister trying to move past the legacy of hatred and derision that formed so much of their upbringing in South Africa.

Like Water in Wild Places

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Dance with a Poor Man's Daughter

Frieda and Min

DANCE WITH A POOR MANS DAUGHTER

People Like Ourselves

People Like Ourselves

Star of the Morning

Star of the Morning

Frieda And Min

Dance with a Poor Man's Daughter

Like Water in Wild Places