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He Does Not Die A Death of Shame
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Good morning Margaret.Thank you for your interest.
The title is at the top of the post: He Does Not Die a Death of Shame.
Thank you I’ve found it on Goodreads, but not on kindle. I am in South Africa would you consider sending me a copy in exchange for a Goodreads review?
I am African, but my fictional book is centred first and foremost in Heaven. However the main character is half Afro-Brazilian and half India. This is just to explain the African connection.The Heaven aspect is because the book is about a near-death experience,
REAWAKENING: A Tale of Death, the Afterlife & a Mission
He Does Not Die A Death of ShameI have previously taken the liberty of introducing my Jewish South African novel dealing with anti-Semitism and apartheid on this feed.
I would now like to inform the group that the book has received excellent reviews on Amazon and Goodreads as well as in both The Jerusalem Post and The Jerusalem Report.
The Jerusalem Post review can be read here:
https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Book-re...
The other reviews can be read on my Goodreads blog.
The book is now also available on Kindle.
Thank you.
It traces the early life of Dan Ginsberg. He is forced to leave Lithuania because of anti-Semitism. It follows his struggles to find a foothold in South Africa. Debora Becker is born in a small South African town. She suffers the abuse of her single mother and the prejudices of the local Jewish community. Dan and Debora marry but their lives are blighted by the horrors of the Second World War.
Their son, Zak grows up in the shadow of his parents' sad histories. He seeks solace from his Zulu nanny, Zanele and befriends her son Simon. Awareness of the Second World War, his Jewishness and the status of the black population, slowly infiltrate Zak's consciousness.
Simon has spent an idyllic childhood in rustic Zululand. At high school, he realizes for the first time, that he is a second-class citizen.
The story follows the lives of the two young men in apartheid South Africa. Their destinies become inexorably intertwined in their pursuit of what is right.
Zak studies the art of saving lives. Simon learns the craft of destroying lives. Both are drawn into the anti-apartheid struggle. The one acts because his ancestors were victims, the other because he himself is a victim.