SWIFT, a memoir

240pp., paperback, Ride or Die Press, (Cape Town), 2026

ISBN: 9780639889733

A memoir by Melinda Ferguson, written in the six weeks following the sudden death of her partner Mat.  As she moves through shock, fury and grief while trying to save the life of a baby fledgling Swift rescued seven days before Mat died, the bird's release becomes hugely symbolic.

Journalist and publisher Melinda Ferguson is the author of the memoirs Smacked, Hooked, Crashed and Bamboozled,, the non-fiction title When Love Kills, the tragic tale of AKA and Anele, and editor of The Lockdown Collection.