{"product_id":"9780333724651","title":"Heaven Forbid, by Christopher Hope (used)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSecond-hand copy — condition: very good. Old sample stamp and a cutout to endpaper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the sunny jacaranda-leafed garden of his Johannesburg home, six year old Martin Donally is king of a small and perfect world. It is 1948 and life is full of childish rhymes and his colourful extended family. There's exuberant Grandpa, who sings and races horses; chain-smoking Auntie Fee, who always sides with the ogres in fairy tales and who makes up her own stories about Martin's dead father; and above all, Georgie, the family's Zulu servant and Martin's confidant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut this cosy world of certainty ends as Martin's tale turns to political and personal tragedy. He can't possibly foresee the defeat of the liberal government that will usher in a new era of bigotry and intolerance, nor appreciate the significance of the fact that Dr Verwoerd, architect of apartheid, is a neighbour. And what is he to make of dour, racist Gordon, his mother's husband-to-be, a man who seems determined to shatter the carefree world of the Donallys for good...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChristopher Hope. Macmillan, London, 2001. Hardcover, 327 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50850899886338,"sku":"9780333724651","price":200.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1160\/4950\/files\/view_archive_e92c3cee-dbb6-41dd-843e-7eac64893af8.jpg?v=1792754228","url":"https:\/\/bridgebooks.co.za\/products\/9780333724651","provider":"Bridge Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}