Fire Portrait
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Barbara Mutch
brilliant artist paints fire self portrait
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fire bomb divides community
fractured society means uncertain future
hamlet
heroine torn between two lovers
Hex River mountains
integration
journey from green England to desert Africa
Language_English
London
marriage of convenience
modern Mona Lisa hangs in London gallery
moving home
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portraits
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racial tension
redemption through art painting
rekindle romance
romance
softlaunch
South Africa
starting again
The Girls from Simon's Bay
travel
war widow
widowed
winning over local community
World War Two
Product details
- ISBN 9780749026790
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jan 2022
- Publisher: Allison & Busby
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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I've taken risks in my life. Some have been physical ones, but some have been bolder and required more of myself.
When Englishwoman Frances McDonald sets up home in a remote South African hamlet in the shadow of the Hex River Mountains, she is regarded with suspicion by the community. Confined by a marriage of convenience, she seeks an outlet by learning the local language, teaching art, and exhibiting her paintings of the stunning veld landscape. Soon the spectre of war threatens to divide not only the country but the town itself and scupper Frances's hard-won acceptance.
While her husband leaves to fight for the Allies, Frances chances to meet a former love. The bright joy of that unexpected reunion is clouded by a day that will change her life. Out of the smoke and ash of a shocking fire, she is propelled on a journey that will take her from the arid veld to the bright lights of London and beyond.
Barbara was born and brought up in South Africa, the granddaughter of Irish immigrants. Before embarking on a writing career, she launched and managed a number of businesses both in South Africa and the UK. She is married and has two sons. For most of the year the family lives in Surrey but spends time whenever possible at their home in the Cape. When not writing, Barbara is a pianist, a keen enthusiast of the Cape's birds and landscape.
