Linzi Glass is an author deeply invested in the themes of animal rescue and rehabilitation. Her extensive experience in animal rescue work and as a co-founder of The Forgotten Dog Foundation, dedicated to helping dogs in need, informs her writing. Her narratives often explore the profound connections between humans and animals, highlighting resilience and the pursuit of second chances. Beyond her creative writing, she shares her passion and expertise by teaching and consulting on writing, nurturing the next generation of storytellers.
In Ruby Winters' world, colour opens some doors and slams others shut. Her Johannesburg neighbourhood is a far cry from the streets of Soweto where anger and hatred simmer under the surface. Ruby can't resist the blue-eyed Afrikaans boy who brings her the rush of first love, but whose presence also brings hushed whispers and disapproving glances.
Set in apartheid South Africa, this powerful and lyrically written novel is Linzi Glass's debut.As twelve-year-old Emily Iris explains it, her mother and father have always been eager to take in travelers and vagabonds, relying on the presence of outsiders to ease the tension between them. Emily has her gentle older sister, Sarah, and Buza, the old Zulu nightwatchman, for company and comfort. But her parents' continuing discontent leads them to welcome some peculiar strangers. One spring, a family of wanderers--a wildlife photographer, his wife, and two boys--comes to stay, and their strange, compelling, and dangerous presence will leave the Iris family infinitely changed.