false 2594267 1 In a Cape Town suburb, five women gather every Friday night to discuss their writing. Isabel, returning home, where the writing circle is to meet, is attacked in her car at gunpoint and raped. But she manages to turn the gun on her attacker and shoot him. In coping with the killing, the disposal of the body, and the breakdown and recovery of Isabel, we learn about the intersecting personal lives of the women--Isabel, Carmen, Jazz, Beauty, and Amina, all successful professionals in today's South Africa. And when the body is discovered, and the identity of the attacker revealed, all their stereotypes fall away. <P> <i>The Writing Circle</i> is a wholly engaging, highly suspenseful novel that also holds up a mirror to the violence in women's lives. 2615634 30 10 2007 The Writing Circle total:4|4:2|3:2| 4 14 9 4 3 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 05:21:37 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 05:25:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 02:24:43 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 15:45:15 -0800 2008
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