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Student Comrade Prisoner Spy

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Random House South Africa
Year
2016
ISBN
9781770228016
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
11 MB (11851767 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-01-14 18:20:43
History; Nonfiction; HIS000000

Description

When Bridget Hilton-Barber got on a train to Grahamstown in 1982 to study journalism at Rhodes University, she had no idea of the brutal drama that would unfold. A rebellious young woman, she became politically involved in anti-apartheid organisations and was caught up in the massive resistance and repression sweeping the Eastern Cape at the time. She ended up spending three months in detention without trial, and after her release discovered she had been betrayed by one of her best friends, Olivia Forsyth, who was a spy for the South African security police. Thirty years later, a horrific flashback triggers Bridget's journey back to the Eastern Cape to see if she can forgive her betrayer and finally let go of the extraordinary violence she encountered in the final days of apartheid. This is her powerful story.

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