About
I don’t know about you, but whenever I’m reading a book I like, I google the author. Its not voyeurism, its just that after a few hundred pages, they somehow feel like a friend, someone I’d like to catch up with, see what’s new. So if you’re like me, I hope you enjoy this site. Friends are welcome.
I’ve left a photo album on the virtual coffee table. The editors felt there shouldn’t be too many photos in the book and so you may want to put some faces to names, or visualise some of the places I’ve been.
My book Holding up the Sky wasn’t meant to win a Pulitzer prize, to stand up under the critics’ scrutiny – it was just a story I thought should be told. I had the rare privilege to live in one of the most intriguing countries on earth and spend time with its magnificent people. I learnt about the joy of being part of a vibrant community working passionately for an ideal. I also learnt that with deep joy comes pain, relentless and inevitable. One reviewer said my book was not a comfortable read – well I’m not surprised. In a place like South Africa, people are not cushioned from life’s harshness but in my experience, they also are open to more of life’s pure joy.
So if you’d like to sit for a while and ponder life, share stories and marvel at the world we live in, pull up a chair.
I’ve started blogging so if you’d like to add your voice to that conversation, you’d be welcome. Click the bottom tab on the right side of the page.
Sandy Blackburn-Wright
