Originally published in Great Britain 2000 by Doubleday. Black Swan, London 2001. Paperback, 316 pages.

This is the second Like Water in Wild Places I've registered. Journal of the first one is here.
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The blurb:
'JOOSTE IS A SENSITIVE WRITER AND A MASTER OF UNDERSTATEMENT'
Isobel Shepherd Smith, The Times
The stories and legends of the Bushmen were told to Conrad when he was twelve years old. He was on a hunting trip with his father, Jack Hartmann, a brutal but confused man who 'gave' Conrad an old Bushman to teach him the ways of the land. Bastiaan taught him not only about the beasts and plants and soil, but inculcated in Conrad a philosophy that would remain with him throughout his life.
But at home Conrad learns a different set of rules as he and Beeky, the young sister he adores, huddle together listening to the sound of his mother being beaten and told she is trash. Jack Hartmann, a senator and man of power in the community, hates his wife and daughter as much as he loves his son, and Conrad's mother impresses on him that he must always protect and guard his little sister.
As they achieve maturity, Conrad appears to conform to the vision his father has for him. But Beeky defies her father and the establishment, and goes her own way, yearning for a new South Africa, a new life, tenderness and kindness in place of hatred and derision.
The story of their fulfilment, tragedy and the return of hope is the portrayal of an ancient land fighting towards redemption.
'HER UNDERSTANDING OF CHARACTER AND MOTIVATION, OF THE WAY IN WHICH HUMANITY CAN SHINE THROUGH IN ONE AREA AND FAIL LAMENTABLY IN ANOTHER IS OUTSTANDING. UNRESERVEDLY RECOMMENDED'
James Mitchell, The Star, South Africa

About the author:
Pamela Jooste was born in Cape Town, where she still lives. Her first novel, Dance with a Poor Man's Daughter, won the Commonwealth Best First Book Award for the African Region and the Sanlam Literary Award, and the Book Data South African Booksellers' Choice Award. Her second novel, Frieda and Min, was equally well received and both are also published by Black Swan.

Pamela Jooste in Wikipedia
Pamela Jooste in Fantastic fiction

My July # 1 One book a month is now on its way to Arvores. Thank you so much for your entry. I hope you'll enjoy the book.

The book is now with me in the island, safe and sound. It came by the hand of Tove Janssen :-)
Thank you so much for sharing!