We brought AGAAT home from the Winter Institute. A coworker selected it

and was immediately caught up. She is a passionate supporter, and kept

at me until I read it. Amazing book!

P.S. We keep it on display near "Little Bee". Two very different

voices and stories of a world far from our experience but incredible

reads, both.

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Agaat: savior, nurse, caregiver or demon and punisher to dying

white farm owner Milla? "Agaat" twists and turns and weaves through

time. It is a brutal South African tale, filled with beauty, love,

passion, hatred. Nothing is mellow, not even nature.

The storytelling is superb: poetic and full of mystery.