In hierdie omnibus verskyn Wolwehoek, Die vennootskap en Towerwater. Twee vreemdelinge moet trou om ’n erfplaas te behou. ’n Dokter sluit ’n ongewone kontrak met ’n jong verpleegster om ma te speel vir sy dogtertjie. ’n Skryfster word bekoor deur ’n Karooplaas, maar die mense op die plaas is vasgevang in hulle hartseer verlede.
In hierdie boek word ’n baie gewilde skrywer se lekkerlees-kortverhale vir die eerste keer byeengebring. Hier is ’n ryke verskeidenheid stories, onder meer oor geleenthede soos Kersfees, Vadersdag, ensovoorts, en liefde – in sy vele fasette uitgebeeld – is die gemene deler. In al die verhale is Irma Joubert se fyn waarnemingsvermoë merkbaar, asook haar intieme kennis van en deernis met haar karakters.
Hoe het hulle geleef, en wat het hulle gevoel – daardie oermense wat langs ons Suidkus geleef het, wie se nasate ons die San en die Khoi noem?Wie kan saampraat met hulle, die “eerste mense” van wie ons net oorblyfsels van groot mites, tergende rotsprente en enigmatiese artefakte het?Eintlik is dit net die digkuns wat dit kan waag om in hulle stiltes in te beweeg.
Signed, Hopelessly in Love hits all the core notes for a great read: it is set in high school, with entertaining main characters and incidents, there is the great love story of Amo and John, and the interfering parent in Granma, not to mention school bitchiness in the attack on Amo’s best friend, Nono, on the athletics track. A wonderfully original and humorous story.Signed, Hopelessly In Love was a finalist in the 2009 Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature.
In Liewe Onskuld lyk die jong rabbedoe Olivia Joubert aanvanklik na ’n onwaarskynlike kinderoppaster, maar sy laat geen teenspraak toe nie. In Om lief te hê aanvaar Hester Verster ’n pos by ’n plaasskool, maar die plaaseienaar is uit die staanspoor openlik vyandig teenoor haar. In ’n Veilige hawe trou Madeleine met die doodgoeie Johan, al maak sy dit duidelik dat sy nie verlief is op hom nie.
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Luke Martelli had one thing going for him: he knew racecars. But he didn't get his thrills behind the wheel. Drivers wanted speed and handling, and he could make that happen. He'd been hours away from working his dream job with a pit crew when a freak accident took that chance away.
Having earned her chef's hat, Lexi Stuart bids au revoir to her glamorous and deliciously satisfying pastry mentorship to find life unexpectedly complicated.
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