{"id":6572,"date":"2020-11-25T11:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T18:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=6572"},"modified":"2020-11-25T11:00:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T18:00:54","slug":"no-flowers-on-the-graves-by-laurika-bretherton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=6572","title":{"rendered":"No Flowers on the Graves by Laurika Bretherton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Powerful and extraordinarily timely\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her stellar latest, Bretherton explores love, racism, and redemption. Set in South Africa during the country’s first democratic elections as the country struggles to find a path to peace and reconciliation, the story is set in motion by a single incident of robbery. The lives of three people\u2014Ronel, a young white woman who struggles with her personal prejudices and trauma; Kobus, a broken man trying to deal with his guilt; and Mandla, a black lawyer, in search of retribution\u2014intertwine after a bookstore robbery sends the main suspect in jail. It\u2019s powerful, socially conscious work that explores the politics of hatred, division, and racism, and at the same time a story of love and betrayal, a story of a man who in his pursual of his brother\u2019s killer gladly oversteps the boundaries of humanity, and a story of forgiveness and retribution. Bretherton\u2019s powerful, scarred but courageous lead will stay in readers\u2019 hearts for long. The novel deserves a wide audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Flowers on the Graves<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Laurika Bretherton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pub date August 1, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN 978-1724387264<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $12.99 (USD) Paperback, $4.99 Kindle edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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