a conspiracy of mothers by colleen van niekerk

In the episode she shares her experience of meeting another writer over WFWA's (Womens Fiction Writer's Association) online writing dates, and how she decided to donate a kidney to a writer she hopes to one day meet in real life!įind the recommended books, the author's social media links, and the video version of this episode at All books featured on the podcast are listed in The Best of Women's Fiction List at and Pamela was specially selected for our 100th episode, because she represents the best of what the women's fiction community can achieve when we uplift and support each other.

But life has other ideas when a 7 year old neighbor pulls her into life where she's moved on Magnolia Avenue, a forgotten street in a forgotten neighborhood filled with forgotten mobile homes. Set in 1969, A Boundless Place follows the story of 24 year old Violet, who only wants one thing: to hide from life after her husband's death. In celebration of our 100th episode, we are doing a giveaway of this fabulous novel (Plus, for every entry, the Best of Women’s Fiction Podcast will donate to The National Kidney Foundation. Ingrid’s very existence is proof of a white man’s crime, and that man’s mother will do anything-even kill-to ensure the truth remains buried.Īn evocative debut novel set during a defining period in history, A Conspiracy of Mothers tells a gripping story of love and betrayal from multiple perspectives while deftly balancing the painful legacy of apartheid with the trials of motherhood.Pamela Stockwell joins us to chat about her debut novel, A Boundless Place, which has been described as heartfelt, touching, and a delightful 'slice-of-life story'. While there Yolanda longs to reconnect with her estranged daughter, Ingrid, the product of an illegal mixed-race affair with a white man.īut Ingrid is missing, and as Yolanda quickly discovers, she isn’t the only woman in Cape Town desperate to protect her own. Against a backdrop of apartheid and racial violence, traumatized artist Yolanda Petersen returns from the Appalachian foothills to the land of her youth at the behest of her mother. The year is 1994, and South Africa is in political turmoil as its first democratic election looms. From a bold new voice in literary fiction comes a compelling story of three mothers whose lives intersect during a generation-defining period in South Africa’s history.

A conspiracy of mothers by colleen van niekerk