Torn Pages

A moving story about a young African girl’s resilience in caring for her family in the face of adversity, from critically acclaimed author Sally Grindley.

‘There’s something about a storm in the middle of the night that gathers a family close. It’s as if nothing else exists outside that huddle of love in a blacked-out room which, try as it might, the storm cannot overwhelm.’

The storm that Liddy faces is the storm of AIDS, which is attacking her small African community and has left her an orphan. Life is a constant struggle, made harder by her grandmother’s scheming, but Lyddy is determined to look after her younger brother and sister. As she takes strength from her mother’s memory books, she realises that she is not alone.