Frankie And Stankie Barbara Trapido by Barbara Trapido 9780747599593, 0747599599, B009IRL8DY instant download after payment.

Barbara Trapido’s historical novel follows two sisters growing up in South Africa as the apparatus of apartheid repression rolls into the land.

In 1950s South Africa, racial laws are tightening. Dinah and her sister Lisa are two little girls from a dissenting liberal family. Big sister Lisa is strong and sensible, while Dinah is weedy and arty. At school, the sadistic Mrs Vaughan-Jones is providing instruction in racial prejudice and mental arithmetic. As white children with a mixed racial heritage, the sisters must find their own way to work things out.

"This is a gorgeous book about growing up ... it also manages to convey, with an admirable lightness of touch, the dawning of a political consciousness ...A wonderful read."   -  The Observer

"A beautifully written slice of both personal and political history ... by the end of the novel, you are immersed in her world and simply never want to leave it."  -  The Guardian

Barbara Trapido There is a large dose of autobiography in Frankie & Stankie, which deals with two sisters growing up in South Africa before one emigrates to England: Trapido was raised in Durban and now lives in Oxford. Frankie & Stankie is a portrait of apartheid-era South African society as well as of two sisters from a politically liberal family.