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Written by: 7/3/2009 2:44 PM
This vividly textured tale of risk and betrayal juxtaposes an unlikely trio of two women and the child who both connects and divides them. An intimate portrayal of the bare-bones struggle for survival in the world's oldest profession, it is also about love in its limitless guises; about motherhood, sisterhood and friendship. From a tiny apartment in Cape Town, Katy works as a prostitute while raising her daughter Jody. Out of the blue, Katy's most trusted regular commits an appalling crime against the little girl, forcing Katy to make a devastating choice. Maggie is a hooker with a secret. She forges an unbreakable bond with young Jody while Katy, strident and embattled, is compelled to retrace the destructive decisions that threaten to separate her from her daughter forever. Together Katy, Jody, Maggie and the web of intriguing characters they encounter take the reader on a moving journey into uncharted regions of the human heart.
Review By - Esme Hendricks: 4/5
What a brilliant book to read. The author captured every aspect of the life being a prostitute and the life of a child in that enviroment.The decisions Katy as a mother and prostitute made had very serious implications on her daughter Jody’s life. Life for Katy and Jody was doing ok until the jealous Greek decided Katy belonged to him and attacked them. Poor Jody suffered the most. Not only did she spend a long time in hospital, but she kind of lost her mother as well. Life threw all kinds of curveballs at her, but the best time was with her aunt Beth. No matter what went wrong in her life she had the hope that one day her aunt Beth will save her from all these dreadful things happening in her life.
8 years later Katy returns and looking for her daughter. What a journey she experienced. Mother and daughter had to start from scratch by getting to know each other.They found each other in the end. I really would recommend this book to teenagers,mothers, daugthers and sisters to read.
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