Crooked Seeds

Set in a drought-stricken Cape Town in 2028, this compelling novel follows Deidre van Deventer as she confronts her family’s complex and troubled past amid a police investigation into buried bodies on her land. As she navigates questions about her brother’s alleged involvement in political violence and grapples with her own fractured history, she must face difficult truths about memory, guilt, and the possibility of redemption. With lyrical, restrained prose, the story explores themes of collective trauma and personal resilience in post-apartheid South Africa.