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Exclusive Books The Boeke Judges’ comments on The Help

Kate Turkington from 702, voiced an overriding sentiment with her comment: “The Help is not only a wonderful, unputdownable read, but its story of the relationships between the black maids who raise the white children, and who love them so much; and the closed, bigoted society of the white madams, most of whom don’t appreciate [...]

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The Help by Kathryn Stockett has won the Exclusive Books 2009 Boeke Prize!

Penguin Books is proud to announce that The Help by Kathryn Stockett has won the Exclusive Books 2009 Boeke Prize!   Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Black maids raise white children, but aren’t trusted not to steal the silver. Some lines will never be crossed. The Help is a deeply moving, timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and [...]

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The Truth About Love by Josephine Hart

The Truth About Love Josephine Hart EAN: 9781846271830 Format: Trade Paperback Release Date: 1 March 2009 Recommended Retail Price: R200 It’s dangerous …and that’s the truth about love …A young man shields his terrible wounds from his [...]

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Days of Grace by Catherine Hall

Days Of Grace Catherine Hall EAN: 9781846271830 Format: Trade Paperback Release Date: 1 March 2009 Recommended Retail Price: R210 My memories of Grace never added up to how she really was. She was always impossible to pin [...]

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Under A Blood Red Sky by Kate Furnivall

Under A Blood Red Sky Kate Furnivall EAN: 9781847441690 Format: Trade Paperback Release Date: 1 August 2008 Recommended Retail Price: R180 Davinsky Labour Camp,1933: Sofia Marozova knows she has to escape. Only two things have sustained har [...]

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