Unmaking Grace

Family secrets run deep for Grace, a young "colored" woman who grew up in the violent Cape Flats of South Africa during the 1980s. Now she has a career, a kind marriage to a loving man, and a beautiful baby. After years of believing that her first love Johnny was dead, possibly murdered during the brutal clashes between students and South African security forces, he suddenly returns, finds her, reconnects with an immediate romantic warmth. With Johnny, Grace's memories of her childhood and the early imprint of domestic violence come rushing back, and she is confronted, once again, with the tragic loss that has shaped her. Unmaking Grace is an intimate portrayal of the legacy of intergenerational violence, both personal and political.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Catalyst Press
Published: 12/10/2019
ISBN: 9781946395238
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2019
Booklist 11/01/2019 pg. 38