KILLING KAROLINE, a memoir

200pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2017

Sara-Jayne/ Karoline King, the daughter of a white British woman and a black South Africa man, was born in Johannesburg in 1980. Classified White at birth, her mother took her to the UK when she was six weeks old and on her return informed family and friends that her newborn had died abroad. She had in fact been adopted by a white British couple, she grew up aware that she was 'different' and, at the age of 26, returned to South Africa. A journalist and broadcaster, currently she lives in Cape Town and hosts her own show on CapeTalk radio.