ISBN 9781928215141
Pages 132
Dimensions 210 x 148 mm
Published 2015
Publisher Modjaji Books, South Africa
Format Paperback

UnSettled and other stories

by Sandra Hill

Sandra Hill won the 2016 SALA Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award for Unsettled and other stories.

There is a grand piano delivered to the wrong Sea Point address. There is Toby the dog whose casual disappearance leads to the discovery of a world as unlikely as a helpful man. There are Isabelle and Hester, both travelling on the same train, but moving in opposite directions. There are the school girls who smoke through Die Stem during a Republic Day Celebration. There is Adeela longing for OK Bazaars, Boxing Day, and groenboontjie bredie; Lilly who knows too little of her mother's past and Elizabeth who is desperate to shed hers. Who can say why Eleanor married the man she did, or why she took the long sea journey south? Who can say where Sue's been, or who the vark lilies are for? Who believes it when told, "It's for your own good"? Whether drawn from the distance of history or located in contemporary Cape Town, these eight stories create a tender and luminous account of just how extraordinary the everyday life of women can be.

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About the Author

Sandra Hill

Sandra Hill was born in South Africa in 1968. She was educated in Cape Town before moving to Stellenbosch, where she lives in a cottage in the woods on the edge of a world heritage site. In 2013 she was awarded an MA in Creative Writing from the University of the Western Cape. Sandra works as a free-lance writer, editor and writing facilitator. UnSettled and other stories is her first collection of short stories. Sandra Hill won the 2016 SALA Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award for Unsettled and other stories.

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