DIE VROU MET NEGE LEWENS

259pp., paperback, Queillerie, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9780795803444

On the threshold of sixty, unsatisfied with her work, the people closest to her, and especially herself, a woman tries meditation, swimming, yoga and psychedelic journeys in an attempt to find meaning - and then a health crisis adds impetus to her quest.

Debbie Loots was born in Polokwane, Limpopo, and lives in Cape Town. She holds an honours degree in fine art from Michaelis and an MA in creative writing from UCT. She was VISI’s features writer before freelancing for Mail & Guardian, Rapport, ELLE, VISI and Weg! Platteland, among others. She is currently the editor of REAL|life magazine. Her debut novel, Split, received the 2016 ATKV Woordveertjie prize for fiction.