Themes of forbidden love, family conflict, and female liberation are woven together in this dramatic story of family secrets and domestic wars that still rage in a suburban Johannesburg family three generations after fleeing European anti-Semitism in the 1920s.

Joanne Fedler is the founder of the Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre, a group that advocates women's rights. She has worked as a legal consultant to many organizations and foundations and is the author of six books, including 25 Essential Things You Should Do Before Getting Married and Ideological Virgins and Other Myths: Six Principles for Legal Revisioning.