The Song Remembers whenIn 1964, in a daring night-time escape, the author and her husband fled Johannesburg and slipped across the border under the eyes of the security police. This autobiography documents her transformation from model school girl to saboteur, and her family's history of flight and exile through the generations. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 6 |
Johannesburg 1964 | 9 |
Coming Round The Mountain | 16 |
All The Bridges That You Burn | 32 |
Kol Nidrei | 51 |
Tula Baba | 63 |
Mona Lisa | 75 |
So Ver Van My Hart | 95 |
Goodbye Clementine | 133 |
Ewige Gebergtes | 151 |
Coming In From The Cold | 175 |
But Who Knows Where Or When | 196 |
Mayibuye Afrika | 221 |
The Song Remembers When | 259 |
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