Zebra: Friends by Fate. Enemies by Destiny : Large Print

IN LARGE PRINT: Inspired by the life of Athol Wallace.
A young white boy and a Zulu teen grow up together, building an extraordinary friendship as they explore the rugged Drakensberg mountains around a remote South African hotel during the apartheid era. Jock and Papin forge an indelible bond while learning to love and appreciate each other’s cultures. Despite whispers from intolerant guests, the boys are oblivious to the consequences of their friendship. “There goes the zebra,” guests remark, claiming they can't tell where the white boy ends and the black boy begins. But the boys’ friendship is strong enough to conquer all—until society’s impossible expectations wrench them apart, leaving bitter disappointment and soul-deep wounds that will not heal. A decade later, these long-lost friends converge on opposite sides of a harrowing battlefield, one a reluctant soldier, the other a passionate freedom fighter. Their intimate knowledge of the other’s way of life could be the very tools that save them…or destroy them. And an unimaginable choice will put Jock and Papin’s once unbreakable bond to the ultimate test.
Jill Wallace, author of the multi-award-winning World War II novel War Serenade, brings together a fascinating coming-of-age story with a compelling tale of human connection in Zebra.

Born and bred in South Africa, Jill Wallace has lived half her life in the USA. She considers herself bi-continental. Formerly a contemporary dancer, an air hostess, and PR Officer in South Africa, in America she's been a movie extra, a Realtor and now, an award-winning author. A true WWII love story told to Jill at age three danced in her head until she wrote a screenplay. "War Serenade" was twice optioned for a movie, but fate got in the way of production and this epic novel of love and war garnered fabulous accolades and awards. Next came "Zebra," set in South Africa. It's a nail-biting, heart-tugging story of a rare friendship tested by war that warms the coldest hearts. Jill Wallace's new series "Time Flies" is Women's Fiction with a plethora of tropes: psychic mystery; romance; soulmates; reincarnation; mystical realism; time-slips; historical romance; later-in-life romance; female friendships and found families, to mention but a few.