Carlene's Reviews > The Sabi

This book moved me through so many emotions !!! Form pure utter shock, to tears streaming down my face to boughts of uncontrollable laughter. Following the plight of a South African women living through the effects and after effects of Apartheid. I have read many books on the topic of apartheid but have never come across a book that personalizes the direct impact of the violence within the four walls of your home and your mind and at the same time the duality of humankind to be both kind and extremely cruel. This auto-biography is must a read. Having read it twice, I think it will be one of those that I will read many more times. It will take time for me to digest the contents of the book as it covers some really heart wrenching and VERY real topics of violence that many are afraid to talk about. I commend Diane Brown on the bravery it must have taken to write such a book, being, such a personal account of her life from to childhood to her early adult years. The book covers topics such as: race, colorism, violence, human spirit, love, overcoming all odds. I'm looking forward to reading more of Diane's material. The standard of South African Literature is rising everyday.