![]() ![]() This month, I chose to read and review a revised edition of Beauty’s Gift which was first published in 2008. ![]() ![]() ![]() She has become one of my favourite South African writers. The first time I was introduced to Sindiwe Magona’s books was by reading her latest book, Chasing the Tails of My Father’s Cattle. I was afraid that black men would hate me for what I needed to say if I was going to be honest. And the person I feared most was my brother, the black man my son, the black man. May you live a long life, and may you become old.īeauty’s Gift is a book that chose me and which for years, I resisted writing until I realised I was afraid. On her death bed Beauty begs Amanda to promise her one thing – that she and the rest of the FFF will not waste their lives as she has done.Īll because of an unfaithful husband… ‘Ukhule,’ she begs of Amanda. But when Beauty suddenly becomes ill and, after six short weeks, passes away, their world is thrown into confusion. The Five Firm Friends – Edith, Cordelia, Amanda, Doris and Beauty – are five sassy career women who confront life head – on. Synopsis (As seen at the back of the book) ![]()
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