BEING KARI

290pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2017

Kari du Toit, born Karima Essop, discovers the love of her life has been unfaithful to her on the same day that a death takes her back to her estranged family.

Qarnita Loxton was born in Cape Town in 1974. She has worked as an attorney and an executive coach. She is the author of the novels Being Dianne, Being Shelley and Being Lily.