BOOK REVIEWS

With titles by, for and about women.

 

THE LAST LETTERS FROM VILLA CLARA

Author: Sarah Steele
Publisher: Headline

THE CLEANER

Author: Mary Watson
Publisher: Bantam
Reviewer: Beryl Eichenberger

THE BOOKSHOP LADIES

Author: Faith Hogan
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Reviewer: Beryl Eichenberger

MAN ALONE

Author: Caryn Dolley
Publisher: Daily Maverick
Reviewer: Orielle Berry

IF THE DEAD COULD TALK

Author: Juliette Mnqeta
Publisher: Kwela
Reviewer: Beryl Eichenberger

BORN TO DANCE

Author: Juliet Prowse
Publisher: Prowse Media
Reviewer: Nancy Richards

BOOK PEOPLE

Author: Paige Nick
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Reviewer: Beryl Eichenberger

AN UNUSUAL GRIEF

Author: Yewande Omotoso
Publisher: Cassava Republic/Jonathan Ball
Reviewer: Nancy Richards

YOUR GUIDE TO ADULTING

Author: Rumbidzayi Munyaradzi
Publisher: Self-published
Reviewer: Hazel Makuzeni

THE LION WOMEN OF TEHRAN

Author: Marjan Kamali
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Reviewer: Orielle Berry

IN THE SHADOWS

Author: Olivia M. Coetzee
Publisher: Modjaji Books
Reviewer: Hazel Makuzeni

THE LIONS’ DEN

Author: Iris Mwanza
Publisher: Canongate
Reviewer: Nancy Richards

WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST

Author: Alina Grubowski
Publisher: Indigo Press
Reviewer: Beryl Eichenberger

THE PARIS MUSE

Author: Louisa Treger
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Reviewer: Beryl Eichenberger

HOT TEA AND APRICOTS

Author: Kim Ballantine
Publisher: Self published

THE MISCHIEF MAKERS

Author: Elizabeth Gifford
Publisher: Corvus
Reviewer: Beryl Eichenberger

A BRILLIANT LIFE

Author: Rachelle Unreich
Publisher: Bonnier (Black and White)
Reviewer: Beryl Eichenberger

GOLDEN GIRL

Author: Lorato Trok with Wendy Hartman
Publisher: Jacana
Reviewer: Nancy Richards

BELOW LUCK LEVEL

Author: Barbara Erasmus
Publisher: Catalyst Press
Reviewer: Beryl Eichenberger

THERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY

Author: Elif Shafak
Publisher: Penguin Viking
Reviewer: Beryl Eichenberger

A SHORT LIFE

Author: Nicky Greenwall
Publisher: Penguin
Reviewer: Beryl Eichenberger

BURIED IN THE CHEST

Author: Lindani Mbunyuza-Memani
Publisher: Jacana Media
Reviewer: Hazel Makuzeni

Woman Zone Book Review: In Search of a Better Life by Blessings Africa

IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE

Author: Blessings Africa
Publisher: Cape Arts Publishers
Reviewer: Hazel Makuzeni

WHERE SLEEPING GIRLS LIE

Author: Faridah Abike-Iyimide
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Limited
Reviewer: Hazel Makuzeni

PISTOLA – THE HOMECOMING

Author: Hilary Prendini Toffoli
Publisher: Self published
Reviewer: Beryl Eichenberger

ONLY BIG BUM BUM MATTERS TOMORROW

Author: Demilare Kuku
Publisher: Picador Africa
Reviewer: Hazel Makuzeni

Woman Zone Book Reviews: A Crown That Lasts by Demi Tebow,

A CROWN THAT LASTS

Author: Demi-Leigh Tebow
Publisher: Lux Verbi
Reviewer: Hazel Makuzeni

Woman Zone Book Review: The Race to Be Myself by Caster Semenya. Reviewer: Nancy Richards

THE RACE TO BE MYSELF

Author: Caster Semenya
Publisher: Jonathan Ball
Reviewer: Nancy Richards

SINGLE MINDED

Author: Marina Auer
Publisher: Kwela Books
Reviewer: Hazel Makuzeni

WHAT’S WRONG WITH JUNE?

Author: Qarnita Loxton
Publisher: Kwela Books
Reviewer: Nancy Richards

PURE EVIL

Author: Lynda La Plante
Publisher: Zaffre
Reviewer: Beryl Eichenberger

WATER and UNTIL AUGUST

Author (Water): John Boyne
Publisher (Water): Doubleday
Author (Until August): Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Publisher (Until August): Penguin Viking
Reviewer: Beryl Eichenberger

THE COMRADE’S WIFE

Author: Barbara Bosell
Publisher: Jacana Media (2024)
Reviewer: Cynthia Marais

THE FINISH LINE

Author: Gail Schimmel
Publisher: Pan MacMillan
Reviewer: Beryl Eichenberger

RECIPES TO ‘DIE’ LIVE FOR

Author: Sally Andrew
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Reviewer: Nancy Richards

PRESENT TENSE

Author: Natalie Conyer
Publisher: Penguin
Reviewer: Beryl Eichenberger