Dance With A Poor Man's Daughter

Pamela Jooste

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English

Black Swan
01 January 1999

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

The funny, sad, exotic, colourful world of the Cape Coloureds as told through the eyes of an eleven-year-old girl.

'My name is Lily Daniels and I live in The Valley, in an old house at the top of a hill with a loquat tree in the garden. We are all women in our house. My grandmother, my Aunt Stella with her hopalong leg, and me. The men in our family are not worth much. They are the cross we have to bear. Some of us, like my mother, don't live here any more. People say she went on the Kimberley train to try for white and I mustn't blame her because she could get away with it even if we didn't believe she would.'

Through the sharp yet loving eyes of eleven-year-old Lily we see the whole exotic, vivid, vigorous culture of the Cape Coloured community at the time when apartheid threatened its destruction. As Lily's beautiful but angry mother returns to Cape Town, determined to fight for justice for her family, so the story of Lily's past - and future - erupts. Dance with a Poor Man's Daughter is a powerful and moving tribute to a richly individual people.

By: Pamela Jooste
Imprint: Black Swan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 242g
ISBN: 9780552997577
ISBN 10: 0552997579
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 January 1999
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Dance With A Poor Man's Daughter

Living in South Africa with her aunt and grandmother, young Lily Daniels feels resentment when her glamorous, unpredictable mother returns home after a long absence. Through Lily's eyes we are shown how the life of a coloured community is progressively damaged by the harsh laws of apartheid. Written with clarity and insight. (Kirkus UK)