You Will Be Safe Here

Ranked #78 in South Africa

“There is pain on these pages and poetry too. I left this book bruised yet somehow better for it.” – Tayari Jones.

“Brutal, haunting, redemptive and...beautiful.” – Jojo Moyes.


This extraordinary debut set in South Africa reveals legacies of abuse and redemption exploring the extraordinary strength of the human spirit - from the Boer War in 1901 to brutal camps for teenage boys now. There is always darkness but there is always light in it if we just look.

South Africa, 1901 - the height of the second Boer War. Sarah van der Watt and her six-year-old...
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