Dinah and Lisa are growing up in 1950s South Africa, where racial laws are tightening. They are two little girls from a liberal family - big sister Lisa is strong and sensible, while Dinah is weedy and arty. At school, the sadistic Mrs Vaughan-Jones provides instruction in mental arithmetic and racial prejudice. And then there's the puzzle of lunch break. 'Would you rather have a native girl or a koelie to make your sandwiches?' a classmate asks. But Dinah doesn't know, because it's her dad who makes them. As the repressive shadow of apartheid closes in, Dinah journeys through childhood and adolescence and the minefields of boys and university in this vibrant and irresistible novel.
- ISBN10 074758995X
- ISBN13 9780747589952
- Publish Date 2 January 2007 (first published 7 April 2003)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 January 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition 21st birthday celebratory ed
- Format Paperback
- Pages 336
- Language English