“The Rosie Motene story is about a young girl born to the Bafokeng nation during the apartheid era in South Africa.
At the time, Rosie’s mother worked for a white Jewish family in Johannesburg who offered to raise the child as one of their own. This generous gesture by the family created many opportunities for Rosie but also a trail of sacrifices for her parents.
As she grew, Rosie struggled to find her true identity.
She had access to the best of everything but as a black girl she floundered without her own culture or language.
This book describes Rosie’s journey through her fog of alienation to the belated dawning of her self-discovery as an African.”
“An extraordinary story of cultural confusion and the long way home to a black girl’s emotional roots.” —David Robbins
(Group read suggestion from Mia DeGiovine Chaveco, book club co-founder.)