Rebekka van Kameeldoornplaas

Between wars and worlds, the story follows Rebekka, a camp child of the Anglo-Boer War who grows up poor on Kameeldoorn farm. Bright and eager to learn, she is forced to leave school and is eventually “sold” to the Wright family. In Oxford, she finds her footing as a nanny, gaining knowledge and friendships. But war looms again, and Rebekka struggles with her identity – between Boer and Brit, farm and manor

Irma Joubert is a former teacher, specialist journalist, and unquestionably the doyenne of South African historical fiction. Her books, including the trilogies Tussen Stasies, Pontenilo, and Oorlog, have been local bestsellers, translated into English, Dutch, and German, and published worldwide. Irma lives in the Western Cape, but still enjoys travelling the world to conduct research for her books.