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Southern Cross

Southern Cross

by JannTurner (Author)

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    Paperback 2004

    $3.38
Synopsis

Anna and Paul are bound by a love so deep and politics so dangerous, it seems nothing can come between them. But they are a mixed-race couple in the underground resistance in apartheid-riven South Africa. One evening, Paul and a comrade set off for a meeting at which they never arrive. Their butchered bodies are found on the roadside next to their burnt-out car. For Anna it is the end of the world but, sustained by Paul's love, she fights for justice and the truth about his murder. Ten years later the identity of Paul's killer is still a mystery, but Anna brings the case to the Truth Commission. There she encounters James Kay, a hard-bitten, cynical journalist with information that turns her life upside down. Anna embarks on a dangerous journey through South Africa, deep into terror, conspiracy and the mind of the man she thought she knew best in the world. And she discovers that nothing is black and white. It never was. Everything is a thousand shades of grey.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 336
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Orion
Published: 02 Sep 2004
ISBN 10: 0752859188
ISBN 13: 9780752859187
Book Overview: Beautifully written, SOUTHERN CROSS is both a deeply poignant love story and an absorbing mystery Jann Turner is the daughter of Labour MP Barbara Follett and the stepdaughter of author Ken Follett This moving novel is strongly rooted in the author's own personal experiences: Jann's father, an anti-apartheid activist, was murdered in front of her when she was a teenager in South Africa She is an award winning film maker and journalist who spent two years covering the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 'This is a novel told from the heart, which should be read by the widest audience' GOOD BOOK GUIDE Praise for Jann Turner's previous novel, HEARTLAND: 'HEARTLAND is impressively designed...an important novel' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 'A transporting story of love across the post-apartheid trenches ... a moving and disturbing portrait' DAILY MAIL 'HEARTLAND is a fairytale, carefully plotted and confidently written' INDEPENDENT 'A compelling read' MARIE CLAIRE

Author Bio
Jann Turner was raised in South Africa and when she was only thirteen witnessed her father's murder. She is the daughter of Barbara Follett and as well as a best selling novel, Heartland, she has written screenplays and worked on TV documentaries, winning an Emmy in 1995.