Shirley, Goodness and Mercy

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Shirley, Goodness & Mercy is a heart-warming, yet compellingly honest story about a young boy growing up in Newclare, Coronationville and Riverlea during the apartheid era.

Despite Van Wyk’s later becoming involved in the ‘struggle’, this is not a book about racial politics. Instead, it is a delightful account of one boy’s special relationship with the relatives, friends and neighbours who made up his community, and of the important coping role laughter and humour played during the years he spent in bleak and dusty townships.

In Shirley, Goodness & Mercy Chris van Wyk – poet, novelist and short story writer – had created a truly remarkable work, at once both thought-provoking and vastly entertaining.

Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Chris van Wyk EAN: 9781770104341 COUNTRY: South Africa PAGES: WEIGHT: 330 g HEIGHT: 198 cm

PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan South Africa DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-12-14 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General WIDTH: 130 cm SPINE:

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Republic of South Africa, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Memoirs, Relationships and families: advice and issues

Shirley, Goodness & Mercy is a heart-warming, yet compellingly honest story about a young boy growing up in Newclare, Coronationville and Riverlea during the apartheid era.

In Shirley, Goodness & Mercy Chris van Wyk – poet, novelist and short story writer – had created a truly remarkable work, at once both thought-provoking and vastly entertaining.

Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Chris van Wyk EAN: 9781770104341 COUNTRY: South Africa PAGES: WEIGHT: 330 g HEIGHT: 198 cm

Book Themes:

Republic of South Africa, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Memoirs, Relationships and families: advice and issues

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