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An Observer, Financial Times and Guardian Pick for 2019A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME'Very beautiful. Only a truly wise and kind person could write such a book' MAX PORTER'Heart-wrenching ... A book that's redemptive and full of love' JOJO MOYES'I want you to read this ... I enjoy a lot of books but few stay with me like this has' PHILIPPA PERRY'Completely gripping and profoundly moving' MAGGIE O'FARRELLYou Will Be Safe Here is the debut novel from author of Maggie & Me. Inspired by real events, it reveals hidden colonial history and present-day darkness while exploring our capacity for cruelty and kindness.1901. The height of the second Boer War in South Africa. Sarah van der Watt and her son are taken from their farm by force to Bloemfontein Concentration Camp where, the English promise: they will be safe.2010. Sixteen-year-old outsider Willem just wants to be left alone with his books and his dog. Worried he's not turning out right, his ma and her boyfriend send him to New Dawn Safari Training Camp. Here they 'make men out of boys'. Guaranteed.
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- PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 1408886081
- ISBN 13 9781408886083
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages313
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