The Woman Next Door

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION Hortensia and Marion are next door neighbours in a charming; bougainvillea-laden Cape Town suburb. One is black; one white. Both are successful women with impressive careers behind them. Both have recently been widowed. Both are in their eighties. And both are sworn enemies; sharing hedge and hostility pruned with zeal. But one day an unforeseen event forces the women together. Could long-held mutual loathing transform into friendship?Love thy neighbour? Easier said than done.`Wit; charm and playful energy... An insightful and fascinating diptych of two women; with the history of colonialism and slavery lurking in the background' Herald