{"product_id":"scatterlings-a-novel-9780063264120","title":"Scatterlings: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eIn 1927, South Africa passes the Immorality Act, prohibiting sexual intercourse between Europeans and Africans. This law affects Abram and his wife Alisa, who have two young girls. Abram is at a loss as to how to protect his family, and Alisa commits a devastating act that will reverberate through their lives. Scatterlings is a lyrical, moving novel that tells the story of a multiracial family in the wake of history. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 15 February 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: HarperCollins Publishers Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA BEST NEW BOOK from \u003cstrong\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Root\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eVulture\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePeople\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eEssence\u003c\/strong\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Pick!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New Yorker Best Book of the Year!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lyrical, moving novel in the spirit of \u003cstrong\u003eTranscendent Kingdom\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eA Burning\u003c\/strong\u003e—and the most awarded debut title in South Africa—that tells the story of a multiracial family when the Immorality Act is passed, revealing the story of one family's scattered souls in the wake of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1927, South Africa passes the Immorality Act, prohibiting sexual intercourse between “Europeans” (white people) and “natives” (Black people). Those who break the draconian new law face imprisonment—for men of up to five years; for women, four years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbram and his wife Alisa have their share of marital problems, but they also have a comfortable life in South Africa with their two young girls. But then the Act is passed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlisa is black, and their two children are now evidence of their involvement in a union that has been criminalized by the state. At first, Alisa and Abram question how they'll be affected by the Act, but then officials start asking questions at the girls' school, and their estate is catalogued for potential disbursement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbram is at a loss as to how to protect his young family from the grinding machinery of the law, whose worst discriminations have until now been kept at bay by the family's economic privilege. And with this, his hesitation, the couple's bond is tattered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlisa, who is Jamaican and the descendant of slaves, was adopted by a wealthy white British couple, who raised her as their child. But as she grew older and realized that the prejudices of British society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 454g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 203 x 135 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780063264120\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Resoketswe Martha Manenzhe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":45195548000506,"sku":"9780063264120","price":7.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1708101616090_book.jpg?v=1708111498","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/scatterlings-a-novel-9780063264120","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}