Miriam's Song: A Memoir

Miriam's Song: A MemoirMark Mathabane first came to prominence with the publication of Kaffir Boy, which became a New York Times bestseller. His story of growing up in South Africa was one of the most riveting accounts of life under apartheid. Mathabane's newest book, Miriam's Song, is the story of Mark's sister, who was left behind in South Africa. It is the gripping tale of a woman representative of an entire generation who came of age amid the violence and rebellion of

and its destruction in a tragic civil war

Korey has not and will not give up on Draya

As they’re sent off on their first mission together into the heart of the country’s oldest and most mysterious Blight

She wants to get her first real kiss

King Nut's empire begins to crumble

You might as well have said the police were on the block "So

A single ride on a Los Angeles public bus that begins with the overwhelming odor of a man sleeping across one of the seats travels through a range of ideas and choices: “choosing” to sit in the back of the bus

She wants to go to Mars one day

Much like Twain

and what one woman must sacrifice to finally get what she wants

A gorgeous wired journal fit for a Queen

and other national civil rights leaders played little or no part