Beauty's Gift: A Novel

Sindiwe Magona

Aug 2018 · Pan Macmillan South africa

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A poignant tale of friendship, love, and the power of sisterhood in the face of life's challenges.

The Five Firm Friends – Edith, Cordelia, Amanda, Doris and Beauty – are five sassy career women who confront life head-on. But when Beauty suddenly becomes ill and, after six short weeks, passes away, their world is thrown into confusion. On her deathbed, Beauty begs Amanda to promise her one thing – that she and the rest of the FFF will not waste their lives as she has done, all because of an unfaithful husband... 'Ukhule,' she implores Amanda. May you live a long life, and may you become old.

In Beauty's Gift, Sindiwe Magona, at her very best, weaves a moving tale of how four women decide to change their own fate as well as the lives of those closest to them in modern-day South Africa. With themes of love, relationships, and female empowerment, Magona urges women to speak up, stand up, and take control of their own lives.

About the author

SINDIWE MAGONA is a multiple award-winning motivational speaker, author, poet, playwright, storyteller and actor. Her previously published work includes two autobiographical books, To My Children’s Children and Forced to Grow, two collections of short stories, Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night (Africa’s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century) and Push-Push and Other Stories, and two novels, Mother to Mother, along with, most recently, Chasing the Tails of My Father’s Cattle. Magona has also published more than 130 children’s books – several of them in all eleven languages. Magona has received numerous literary awards as well as awards in recognition of her work around women’s issues, the plight of children, and the fight against apartheid and racism. In April 2018, she received an honorary doctorate from Rhodes University. Magona lives and works in Cape Town.

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