num_pages: 348
description: Through the sharp yet loving eyes of eleven-year-old Lily we see the whole exotic, vivid, vigorous culture of the Cape Coloured community at the time when apartheid threatened its destruction. As Lily's beautiful but angry mother returns to Cape Town, determined to fight for justice for her family, so the story of Lily's past—and future—erupts.
language: English
title: Dance with a Poor Man's Daughter
titlecomplete: Dance with a Poor Man's Daughter
genres: Fiction, Africa, Historical Fiction, South Africa
ratings_count: 364
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best First Book in Africa
publisher: Transworld Publishers