{"product_id":"asleep-awake-asleep-jo-ann-bekker-9781967673575","title":"Asleep Awake Asleep","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn smoky newsrooms and idyllic suburbs, the fate of a nation takes course.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 39 interlinked stories, former journalist Jo-Ann Bekker charts South Africa's turbulent history through the eyes of Rip--child, adult, mother, reporter, betrayer and betrayed--from the dark days of Apartheid through fledgling democracy. From political assassinations to the loss of childhood innocence, to questions of complicity and reparation, these vignettes explore the everyday lives that carried on within--and despite--a country in turmoil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 39 interlinked stories in Asleep Awake Asleep can be read as a hand-drawn narrative map, charting the course of a country's turbulent history. Together they tell a coming of age and a coming to consciousness story, as Rip - child, adult, journalist, partner, mother - revisits milestones marked and signposts ignored or unseen. Set in the suburbs and newsrooms of South African towns and cities and their wilder surrounds, there are vignettes of relationships; tales of political assassinations, murder and betrayal, and questions asked about complicity and reparation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jo-Ann Bekker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1967673578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781967673575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catalyst Collective\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Jo-Ann Bekker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997114511615,"sku":"9781967673575","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/asleep-awake-asleep-jo-ann-bekker-9781967673575","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}