Author: | Marilyn Cohen de Villiers | ISBN: | 1230000245777 |
Publisher: | Reach Publishers | Publication: | June 10, 2014 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Marilyn Cohen de Villiers |
ISBN: | 1230000245777 |
Publisher: | Reach Publishers |
Publication: | June 10, 2014 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
When Johannesburg socialite Brenda Silverman dies in mysterious circumstances in her palatial, well-secured home, questions are inevitable.
Did she commit suicide? Was it an accidental drug overdose? Or did her death have something to do with her husband, Alan?
Alan Silverman is a handsome, charming businessman with impeccable credentials: a former political activist who fled South Africa in the 1980s and returned to help build the new democracy; a loving husband and devoted father; a pillar of Johannesburg’s Jewish community; and an intimate of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress elite. He is also a man hiding a terrible secret.
Tracy Jacobs, a young journalist, is assigned to cover the story but as her investigations start to uncover cracks in the beautiful Silverman family facade, she finds herself in conflict with her own community.
Will Brenda’s inquest finally reveal the truth?
Spanning nearly 40 years and three countries - South Africa, Israel and England - A Beautiful Family confirms a horrible truth: that "things like that" can and do happen to people just like us.
When Johannesburg socialite Brenda Silverman dies in mysterious circumstances in her palatial, well-secured home, questions are inevitable.
Did she commit suicide? Was it an accidental drug overdose? Or did her death have something to do with her husband, Alan?
Alan Silverman is a handsome, charming businessman with impeccable credentials: a former political activist who fled South Africa in the 1980s and returned to help build the new democracy; a loving husband and devoted father; a pillar of Johannesburg’s Jewish community; and an intimate of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress elite. He is also a man hiding a terrible secret.
Tracy Jacobs, a young journalist, is assigned to cover the story but as her investigations start to uncover cracks in the beautiful Silverman family facade, she finds herself in conflict with her own community.
Will Brenda’s inquest finally reveal the truth?
Spanning nearly 40 years and three countries - South Africa, Israel and England - A Beautiful Family confirms a horrible truth: that "things like that" can and do happen to people just like us.