Queen of the Free State
By: Jennifer Friedman
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Tafelberg
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Cape Town, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780624081616; 9780624081623
Subjects: Childhood and youth; Jewish children; Biography; Girls; Jews; Social life and customs
Description: "Growing up Jewish in a small town in the Free State in the '50s and '60s, Jennifer Friedman moves between child and adult, black and white, as Verwoerd's grand apartheid is dividing South Africa. There are midnight escapes, stolen loot and banned comics. Frogs' legs, eisteddfods, icy drives with Grandpa, hideous encounters with bras, terrifying policemen, albino messengers and Pa's beatings. Told with humour and pathos, Friedman's memoir brings to life a strong sense of place, love, rebellion and betrayal."--Back cover.