Sheila Kohler
Author
Language
English
Description
"A heartrending literary memoir of the tragic death of Kohler's older sister describes how in the aftermath of a fatal car accident, the author investigated their unusual shared childhood and her brother-in-law's violent history." --
"After learning that her sister Maxine was killed when her husband drove them off a deserted road in Johannesburg, Kohler flew back to the country where she was born, determined to reckon with the tragedy and her family's...
4) Cracks
Author
Publisher
Zoland Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
An "eerie, elliptical masterpiece set in a South African boarding school in the early 1960s. . . . First-rate psychological suspense . . . played out flawlessly" (Kirkus Reviews).
The members of an elite girls swim team are the reigning queens at their South African boarding school. And then Italian student Fiamma Coronna joins their ranks. Beautiful, athletic, and suddenly commanding all the coach's attention, Fiamma is the envy of every girl...
Author
Publisher
Zoland Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
In 1959, Deidre, a French college student, rents a room in the house of an aristocratic couple in the small town of Pithivers. She discovers an old diary and slowly learns the fate of two young Jewish girls who had been hidden there during the war.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Paris, 1978. Dawit, a young and beautiful Ethiopian refugee, lives in squalor. Despite being the educated son of wealthy parents, he roams the streets of Paris, penniless. By chance, Dawit spots the famous French author, M., who at sixty is at the height of her fame, elegant yet faded. Seduced by Dawit's grace and moving story, M. invites him to live with her in a wealthy quartier of Paris. He makes himself indispensable, or so he thinks. M. brings...
8) Crossways
Author
Publisher
Ontario Review Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"In Sheila Kohler's new novel, her heroine Kate returns from Paris to her home in South Africa for the funeral of her sister Marion. Marion was killed in a car accident that left her husband Louis, the driver, in intensive care. Amid loving reminiscences about growing up with Marion on their parents' Johannesburg estate, Kate begins to reflect upon the circumstances of her sister's fatal accident. From his hospital bed, Louis recalls his early fascination...
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
The monologue of a woman drifting in monied ease from one hotel to another and appearing to be weary of her quest to find the perfect habitation for her troublesome health. As she tells everything about her life the narrative becomes a murder story.
13) Open secrets
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Alice, Michel, and their daughter, Pamela, live a charmed life with a beautiful house on the French Riviera, elegant vacations, and boarding school in Switzerland for Pamela. But when Michel discovers Alice's betrayal in the midst of dealing with a crisis at the bank that he works for, he makes a sudden decision that unravels their family, sending Alice to Amagansett to stay with her artist sister while repercussions of Michel's illicit deals move...
14) Cracks
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Miss G is seemingly a force of nature, a glamorous presence beloved and idolized by her blossoming charges at an all-girls British boarding school. Her students heap adoration upon her, a love that Miss G basks in and returns until the arrival of Fiamma, a wild and self-confident transfer student from Spain. Fiamma's new role as teacher's pet ignites the jealousy of former class queen Di, and triggers an obsession in Miss G that quickly spirals out...
