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Book Review of A Blade of Grass : A Novel

A Blade of Grass : A Novel
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Helpful Score: 3


I enjoyed reading this book. It details the life and sufferings of two young women (one black, one white) on a farm in apartheid South Africa of the 1970's. The focus of the book is on young Marit - bride to the owner. Tembi is a native farm worker. The women's lives intersect and become connected during the last throes of the rule of apartheid. Their relationship is not straight-forward, but complicated, and the author explores each women's prejudices and fears in a manner that feels very honest and realistic. The style is simple and straight-forward in terms of vocabulary, and yet touching and personal.