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Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Local Fiction, Adult
ISBN: 9781415206331
Published: June 2015
Imprint: Umuzi
Page Extent: 224
Format: PDF
RRP 175.00

The Paper House

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About the book

Twenty-two-year-old Anna’s unconventional family is prone to raising eyebrows: she lives with two eccentric dads in a small town in rural KwaZulu-Natal and, after surviving her parents’ divorce, she’s used to the questioning glances of conservative Afrikaans family members and curious neighbours.

Now, amid a menagerie of pets and her kaftan-clad mother, Anna must manage the ailing health of one of her dads. Her experiences on her reporter’s beat don’t make her days any easier. But how do you remain a supportive daughter and still live your own life?

Told with warmth and gentle humour, The Paper House is a celebration of life, love and the family that shapes us.

About the Author

Dalena Theron

Dalena Theron

Dalena Theron is an award-winning journalist who holds degrees in journalism and social anthropology from the University of Pretoria. She also writes short stories in her spare time. Born in KwaZulu-Natal, she has lived and worked in Pretoria and São Paulo, and currently lives in Cape Town with her husband and son. The Paper House is her first novel. Dalena Theron is ‘n joernalis met grade in die joernalistiek en sosiale antropologie van die Universiteit van Pretoria. Sy skryf ook kortverhale. Sy is in KwaZulu-Natal gebore en het in Pretoria en São Paulo gewoon en gewerk. Tans woon sy in Kaapstad saam met haar man en seun. Huisies van papier is haar eerste roman.

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