Stones for My Father
Powerful historical literary fiction set in South Africa during the Boer War that follows a girl's struggle to survive after she and her family are interned in a British concentration camp.
Corlie Roux's farm life in South Africa is not easy: the Transvaal is beautiful, but it is also a harsh place where the heat can be so intense that the very raindrops sizzle. When her beloved father dies, she is left with a mother who is as devoted to her sons as she is cruel to her daughter. Despite this, Corlie finds solace in her friend, Sipho, and in Africa itself and in the stories she conjures for her brothers.
But Corlie's world is about to vanish: the British are…
$13.99
June 5, 2018
TRILBY KENT was born in Toronto, Ontario, but grew up in cities on both sides of the Atlantic. After completing degrees at Oxford University and The London School of Economics, she worked in the rare books department at a prominent auction house before turning to journalism and finally writing her first book, the critically acclaimed Medina Hill. Her second book, Stones for My Father, won the TD Children's Literature Award, and her third, Once, In a Town Called Moth, was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award. After years living in England, she now resides in Toronto with her family