SIMMER TILL TENDER

225pp., paperback, Modjaji Books, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9781991240484

Sequel to the novel Home Scar (2024).

In post-apartheid Durban, Asma has married, had children, and learned to live with the ache of not knowing what happened to her former lover Ghaarith, who vanished during the student uprising of 1976. When by chance she sees Ghaarith - alive, well, and married - 30 years dissolve and the careful life she has built is turned upside down.

"A poignant interracial love story set amidst the turbulent political landscape of 1970s and 1980s South Africa." Ashti Juggath

Saaleha Bhamjee owns and bakes for Upcycled Café, Lazeeza’s Bakery and Origami Asian Food in Johannesburg.