These are the books our Books Editor received recently. They may be reviewed later
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The Black Sash: Women for Justice and Peace
by Mary Ingouville Burton (Jacana)
This is the story of an organisation of mostly white, middle-class women who became known for their silent public protests, wearing a black sash, against the injustices of apartheid.
The Black Sash was one of the few white organisations that won credibility and respect, locally and abroad.
By the 1980s it had become a recognised part of the movement for change in South Africa.
This book is written by a woman who was herself a national president of the Black Sash and, later, a Truth and Reconciliation commissioner.
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The Runaway Horses
by Joyce Kotzè (Jonathan Ball)
Two families – one Boer, one English – are linked by blood and find their destinies intertwined as they are dragged into the blood and chaos of the Anglo-Boer War.
This is a saga of two sets of cousins caught up in events they cannot control, and forced to take sides against each other.
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Behind Closed Doors
by Elizabeth Haynes (Sphere)
Ten years earlier, 14-year-old Scarlett Rainsford vanished during a holiday in Greece. Investigator Louisa Smith has always regretted not being able to solve the mystery and return Scarlett to her family.
Then Scarlett is discovered back in her home town after all this time – and Louisa is determined to find out what happened to the young woman and why she remained hidden for 10 years – was she abducted or did she run away?
As investigators look deeper into the case, more questions arise than answers.
But as they edge closer to the answers, what they learn is more sinister than they ever imagined.