350pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2021
Youth memoir by South African author Marita van der Vyver that is also a love letter to her daughter, to the Afrikaans language, and to South Africa.
Also available in English as A Long Letter to my Daughter.
Marita van der Vyver (b. 1958) grew up in Cape Town. She is the author of Griet Skryf ‘n Sprokie (1992 M-Net, Eugène Marais and ATKV Prizes) and several other novels for adults and young adults. She lives in in the South of France.