LANSDOWNE DEAREST, my family's story of forced removals

208pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2020

Freelance journalist Bronwyn Davids writes about her family's life in the house her great-grandfather built in Lansdowne in the 1920s. In 1976, when she was fifteen, her family were forced to move to Mitchell's Plain and the extended family were separated.

"A powerful story written with clarity, composure and compassion ... Davids expresses herself with such fluency and insight that the aromas and colours, the pains and the pleasures, the aspirations and the suppressions of Lansdowne Dearest feel near and real. This book is a must-read." Jonathan Jansen, Distinguished Professor of Education, Stellenbosch University