Once we were sisters : a memoir
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Published
New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2017].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
244 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Main Library - Adult
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Published
New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2017].
Language
English
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"A heartrending literary memoir of the tragic death of Kohler's older sister describes how in the aftermath of a fatal car accident, the author investigated their unusual shared childhood and her brother-in-law's violent history"--NoveList.
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After learning that her sister Maxine was killed when her husband drove them off a deserted road in Johannesburg, Kohler flew back to the country where she was born, determined to reckon with the tragedy and her family's history of choosing unsuitable men. Flashing back to their childhood at the family estate, Crossways, Kohler tells of the death of her father and being raised by their mother, at turns distant and suffocating. She shows how the bond between sisters changes but never breaks, even after death.
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LC Subjects
Authors, South African -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Kohler, Sheila -- Family.
Kohler, Sheila -- Travel.
Kohler, Sheila.
Sisters -- South Africa -- Biography.
Sisters -- South Africa -- Death.
South Africa -- History -- 1961-1994 -- Biography.
Travel writing.
Women -- South Africa -- Biography.
Women authors, South African -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Kohler, Sheila -- Family.
Kohler, Sheila -- Travel.
Kohler, Sheila.
Sisters -- South Africa -- Biography.
Sisters -- South Africa -- Death.
South Africa -- History -- 1961-1994 -- Biography.
Travel writing.
Women -- South Africa -- Biography.
Women authors, South African -- Biography.
Other Subjects