CARA

228pp., paperback, Lux Verbi, Cape Town, 2025

ISBN: 9780796323675

Afrikaans Christian novel set in the 1940s.

Cara is fifty-four, a widow who lost her husband, children and grandchildren in one traumatic night in 1943. After 35 years in Europe, she is on her home to her adoptive parents in South Africa. Can she adjust to her new life, and find it in herself to forgive and heal?

 Helena Hugo has written many novels, including Martha (2014) and Papierblomme (2019). She lives in Roodepoort.