Book description
A stunning and compelling novel of love and ambition.
Nadine is a 35-year-old journalist at a crossroads in her life. She
longs for Pulitzer-prize winning success but her career seems to be
going nowhere until the story of a lifetime comes up. Faced with the
choice of following the story and leaving behind her boyfriend, who has
just proposed, she leaves America for Capetown. There she meets war
photographer George, whose rage at the death of his lover during
apartheid seems bottomless. As events unfold, Nadine discovers she is
pregnant and is forced to choose whether to return home to a secure
married life with her boyfriend or pursue a life of independence and
adventure - a life like George's…
Set partly in Mandela's South Africa, where individuals must weigh the
cost of following their dreams against the high price of truth, 'Forgive
Me' is the unputdownable story of a woman who has to decide between
security and adventure in life and love. 'Not only is this novel a
literary gem, it's as addictive as any nail-biting thriller. This is a
wonderfully crafted novel of one woman's struggle to lay the demons of
her past to rest and find that elusive recipe for happiness.' Glamour
'Tantalizingly spare yet precisely powerful…a piercing tale of one
emotionally wounded woman's attempt to reconcile the gut-wrenching
decisions she makes in the name of professionalism with the
heartbreaking choices she faces in her personal life.' Star review, Booklist
'A hard-bitten US correspondent revisits the traumas of South Africa's
apartheid era in "Forgive Me" by Amanda Eyre Ward. A profound,
engrossing read.' Sainsburys's magazine
'An acute, sharp-angled love story.' Kirkus Reviews
'From the short and haunting first chapter Ward will have you
hooked…You will not want to put this book down until you reach the very
surprising twist at the end.' RTE Guide Amanda Eyre Ward was born in
New York City, and graduated from Williams College and the University of
Montana. Her short stories have been published in various literary
reviews and magazines. She is the author of the critically acclaimed and
award-winning novel 'Sleep Toward Heaven' and 'How To Be Lost', and was
named by the New York Post as one of five Writers to Watch in 2003. She
lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, geologist Tip Meckel.
