The farm Kloof may provide a sanctuary of sorts – but who really belongs here and how important is belongingness anyway?

When her husband Jan is killed by a landmine, his widow Veronica (Ronnie) Boltman has little choice but to pick up her life and continue to farm Kloof. At stake are her young son Rudi’s inheritance, the livelihoods of her farm labourers and her own sense of belonging. From time to time she reaches out for assistance to the owner of the neighbouring property, Jan’s former best friend Piet Toerien.
But Piet has problems of his own. And there are some who have other plans.
Set in Northern Transvaal in South Africa straddling two epochs, Kloof was founded on trust and honesty, the principles of which still exist generations later. But now it is 1978 and the two isolated smallholdings that sit on the border between Rhodesia and Mozambique find themselves in the path of someone else’s war.
An edgy mix of physical isolation and emotional alienation where vulnerability meets grit and determination, A Question of Belonging reaches for the essence of what it means – and just what it takes – to belong.

Tangea Tansley was born from English and Australian parents in what was then Southern Rhodesia and spent her childhood in the East African countries of Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika. From there she lived and worked in many countries around the world until she finally settled in Perth, Western Australia in the 1990s with her latest move clocking up her 71st bona fide address. Her professional background includes editor of Signature, the Diners Club Magazine in Johannesburg, editor/feature-writer for Elders Weekly in Perth and managing editor of the U.S. military magazine Off Duty in Hong Kong. More latterly she lectured and taught in English literature at both Murdoch and Notre Dame universities. A strong interest in cross-cultural literature led to a PhD from Murdoch University. She is the author of seven books and quite a number of published and award-winning short stories and essays. Among her book titles are the popular For Women Who Grieve, the critically-acclaimed A Break in the Chain, Out of Place and A Question of Belonging. Hot off the press in 2024 will be The Voices in My Head.

Author: Tangea Tansley
Release date: August 2018
Format: Paperback, 218 pages
Availability: Available online or direct from the publisher.
Paperback ISBN: 978-1911593249
Paperback Price: £12.99
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