The Child
Published on 26. April 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-7957-1091-9 (ISBN)
Description
After a mental breakdown costs him his job in New York, a young man returns to Cape Town. He and his husband want to rebuild their lives and start a family by adopting a child, but the application forces him to confront his own past.
As his life becomes enmeshed with that of his house cleaner and her toddler, his marriage begins to unravel and violence threatens to upend their new beginning. Can he help them while finding a path to healing?
As his life becomes enmeshed with that of his house cleaner and her toddler, his marriage begins to unravel and violence threatens to upend their new beginning. Can he help them while finding a path to healing?
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Language
English
Place of publication
Roggebaai
South Africa
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7957-1091-9 (9780795710919)
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Alistair Mackay's short stories have been published in numerous journals as well as in the anthologies Queer Africa and Queer Africa II, which was a finalist in the 2017 Lambda Literary Awards. He holds an MA in Politics from Edinburgh University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University. Raised in Joburg, he now lives in Cape Town.