Mother to Mother
by Sindiwe Magona
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalpsychologicalpoliticalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringsocial commentaryinjustice/tragedy/vengeancetroubled leads
Boxlist takeAn emotional novel that is heavy, grounded and inventive. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
Open Library rating
3.0 / 5
2 ratings
About This Book
An American girl is murdered by blacks in 1993 South Africa while preparing them for democracy. The novel is in the form of a letter to the girl's mother, from the mother of one of the killers, describing the way apartheid brutalized her son. A first novel based on real events by a black South African writer.
Description: Open Library
Characteristics
Where this book sits on each taste spectrum
Genres and themes
Subjects
Details
- Author
- Sindiwe Magona
- Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 213
- Taste scores
- How we score
- Source
- Open Library
How book matches work
Books are scored on the same ten characteristics as films and matched with the same formula and your own match bands. Book scores are estimates, made from Open Library subjects and descriptions plus an AI reading.
More books
Browse popular fiction and narrative non-fiction, with a match for your taste.
Browse Books