R280.00
In the 1920s, Bronwyn Davids’ great-grandpa Joe McBain built their family home in Lansdowne. In this memoir, Davids vibrantly recreates life lived in this house for generations. But this is also an account of a gut-wrenching loss that is physical, mental and spiritual, set against the background of apartheid forced removals.
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Lansdowne Dearest by Bronwyn Davids
In the 1920s, Bronwyn Davids’ great-grandpa Joe McBain built their family home in Lansdowne. In this memoir, Davids vibrantly recreates life lived in this house for generations: There’s doekpoeding for Christmas and pickles fish for Easter; helpful neighbours dropping by for advice and gossip, a garden with a chicken-run, pomegranate, plum and peach trees; chommies playing kennetjie; Capab opera at The Alhambra and shows at the Joseph Stone.
But this is also an account of a gut-wrenching loss that is physical, mental and spiritual. Set against the background of apartheid forced removals, this is a charming and authentically South African family story that will stay with you.
