Tag: love
Annabel and Her Sisters
Annabel is deep in the territory of the sandwich generation. Widowed for nearly a decade and raising two teenagers alone, she now faces a difficult dilemma. What is best for her ageing mother? This emotional crossroads sets the stage for Annabel and Her Sisters, a story that explores family duty, love and rediscovery.
The Advocate
How far can you distance yourself from your enemy without losing sight of the threat they pose? And how far can you go without becoming an enemy yourself? These haunting questions set the tone for a story steeped in secrets, conflict and redemption. In the shadow of a flawless facade, the Coal family’s dynasty stands on the brink of collapse.
Song of the Slave Girl
“What’s your favourite food?” he asked. “Carrot and pea bredie” was the answer. But the answer was as irrelevant as the question. What each really wanted to know was, could you be loved? Could you be loved by me? If I opened my heart to you, would you fill it with wondrous things? If I gave my soul to you, would you make it soar to the heavens?
From Here to the Great Unknown
Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley shares her story. And now for the first time, she reveals her life in this raw and riveting memoir. It is a one-of-a-kind account faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley Keough.
The Four-Way Path
How can I find purpose in my life? In Hindu philosophy, there are four goals that all human beings strive for: virtue, prosperity, love and freedom. If you can find the balance between them, you will discover the Four-Way Path – and begin a journey into true and lasting fulfilment.
BOOK REVIEW | The Equality of Shadows
When an unusual building appeared overnight in a remote northern Cape community in the 1970s, and disappeared a few weeks later, it seemed to point to a series of baffling existential overlaps. Some individuals claimed that occasionally they found themselves on the other side of a restive civil war divide, in identity embodiments that were highly contrary versions of themselves.
BOOK REVIEW | The Burial Plot
From Elizabeth Macneal, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is a spellbinding Gothic thriller about murder and manipulation. London, 1839. With the cemeteries full and money to be made in death, tricksters Crawford and Bonnie survive on wicked schemes and ill-gotten coin.
BOOK REVIEW | To My Sisters
One would think that by the time that you’re well into adulthood you would know how to navigate friendships, be knowledgeable on the intricacies and requirements of making new friends and maintaining old friendships, but reading this book proved to be an eye-opener.
Love and harm
“Don't harm your neighbour” is much better advice. This is a passive rule. It does not require you to do anything, just to refrain from doing some things. I believe the gap between these two rules summarises the gap in Western society between left and right, between Democrats and Republicans, between the kindly, caring, sharing, socialists and the individualistic, thinking, independent, self-reliant capitalists. Both sides passionately believe that their rule is the better one.





























