A young man embarks on a journey across outback Australia in search of his father, on the other side of the world an innocent soul finds himself on death row, a family responds to the new South Africa at the end of the apartheid era, an only daughter confronts her mother about a family secret, a classical musician reflects on the privilege of having an older sister who is always there to take care of him... The stories in Meandering Road were inspired by pictures shared among the members of a writers' group. This inspiration gave Johan du Toit the freedom to explore characters and draw on his personal experiences in Australia, the United States, South Africa, and beyond. The result is a collection that celebrates the lives of regular people.
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978-0-6489053-9-4 (9780648905394)
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Johan du Toit grew up in a remote community, eight hours' drive north of Cape Town in South Africa. After university, his first job was as a journalist with a morning paper, but he then decided to pursue a career in brand marketing and later advertising. Johan immigrated to Australia with his family in 1994. His interest in writing fiction was triggered by a course at The Writers Studio under the direction of Roland Fishman. While committed to corporate roles with natural medicine companies, Johan found an opportunity to write short fiction through the membership of a writers' group. He lives with his wife in Sydney.
