Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. She finally holds the promise made a long time ago and gives Salome a part of her inheritance along with the house. Anton committed suicide, and she is the only remaining member of the Swart family. The remaining two members of the Swart family meet again at the family home for the funeral, and Amor, yet again, raises the question of the promise, and Anton still refuses to act upon it.Ī substantial number of years pass, and Amor returns to the family farm for yet another funeral. Anton, the eldest sibling, takes charge of the inheritance, and Amor, the youngest sister, insists on him upholding the promise made by their father, which he refuses to do.Īnother decade passes and the middle sibling, Astrid, gets killed in car theft. Meanwhile, the black South Africans are starting to be given equal rights to the white.
Manie, the father, suffered a bizarre death from a snake bite. The youngest child, Amor, insist on him to hold the promise, which results in a fight between the family and everyone goes their own way.Īlmost a decade passes, and the Swart children reunite back at their family home for their father’s funeral. The father of the family promised to go through with the wish, but after the funeral, he retracts the promise. Her dying wish was to give ownership of the house their black servant Salome lives in, as a way to thank her.
It begins in the year 1986 when the mother of the family, Rachel, dies. The novel revolves around a white Swart family in South Africa. Written by salaar ahmed and other people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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