| A first-rate， beautifully-written novel about an émigré living in the States who goes back to her native South Africa to look for her missing mother--a fictional debut that will be a draw both to critics and to readers of fine， accessible fictionSet against a backdrop of South Africa s troubled history， natural beauty， and complex contemporary society， Nature Lessons is a riveting story of a forty-year-old woman， Kate Jensen， struggling to come to terms with the legacy of growing up with a mentally ill mother--including an inability to form long-term， committed relationships--and the guilt she feels as a white person who grew up during the apartheid era. As the story opens， Kate， an advertising copywriter， has just broken up with her third fiancé. |
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