When Michiel Steyn returns to the family farm in South Africa for his beloved mother’s funeral, he has spent close to half his lifetime abroad. But even after fifteen year’s absence, neither Michiel nor those he left behind have truly come to terms with his terrible flight from the farm they called paradise.
As Michiel submits himself to the rituals of mourning and remembrance on the land where he became a man, all that has lain undisturbed for a decade and a half is brought to light. A father’s fury and a brother’s death, the loss of a child, the betrayal of love and the ugly memory of the dying days of apartheid all come between him and forgiveness. Michiel finds that he must confront not only his grief for his mother’s passing but the painful truth of his own transgressions.
