{"product_id":"moederland-by-cato-pedder-9781399810807","title":"Moederland","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoederland\u003c\/i\u003e is a courageous and modern appraisal of what it means to be descended from the people who created the ultraracist apartheid system in South Africa. Illuminating its turbulent history through the lives of her female ancestors, it presents a history of South Africa like no other, told from the perspective of women long silenced in the historical narrative. It asks, what were they doing while white supremacy was constructed?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMoederland\u003c\/i\u003e, Cato Pedder travels the centuries from the 1600s, when Cape Town was a remote outpost of the Dutch East India Company, to the kraal of a Zulu king in the 1800s before doubling back to Europe and culminating with the English Quaker aunt who defies apartheid to marry across the colour line. As anti-racist campaigners call out the statue of Jan Smuts in Parliament Square, Cato painstakingly excavates the long-forgotten life stories of the women of her prehistory, unpacking the legacy of her Afrikaans heritage and bringing their collective shame into the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoederland\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly sits at the borderline between personal history and memoir and shares themes with \u003ci\u003eThe Hare with Amber Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e by Edmund de Waal, \u003ci\u003eThe Wife's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e by Aida Edemariam, and \u003ci\u003eMaybe Esther\u003c\/i\u003e by Katja Petrowskaja, each using unknown forebears to throw new light on the troubled past. It will also appeal to readers of Damon Galgut's Booker Prize-winning novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Promise\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46844659826924,"sku":"9781399810807","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10476133482686.jpg?v=1758850238","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/moederland-by-cato-pedder-9781399810807","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}