Safe Houses : a Novel of Love and Betrayal in South Africa

Annotation. This novel, set in 1985 at the height of South African township violence, presents the lives of families from different backgrounds Against the background of the escalating violence of the 1980s, this novel tells the story of three families - black, Afrikaans and Jewish - who are inextricably bound by love, hate, hope and betrayal. Other work by the author includes "The Umbrella Tree", "Another Year in Africa" and "Exiles".