GRACE, a novel
198pp., paperback, Cape Town, (2017) 2021
Winner of the University of Johannesburg Debut Creative Writing Prize.
A novel set in Cape Town in the 1980s. The respectable life Grace has created for herself is threatened when the reappearance of a childhood friend confronts her with long-buried memories of the violence inflicted on her by her father.
Barbara Boswell was born in Cape Town. She is Associate Professor and Head of Department of English at the University of Cape Town.