The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam by Lauren Liebenberg – first published 2008
I thought this was going to be a nice story about a childhood in Rhodesia in the 1970s. I was wrong. 8 year old Nyree and her younger sister Cia are likeable characters but when their malevolent 14 year old cousin Ronin comes to live with them their life becomes a nightmare. I could hardly bear to read to the end to discover what evil deeds he perpetrates on them. This is all set against a background of rising political tension and unrest in Rhodesia as it moves towards independence and the rule of Robert Mugabe. 5/10
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