This novel is based on fact, but much had to be imagined as there are no records available. What were the chances of a young, pre-pubescent Afrikaans girl from Oudtshoorn, moving in with an Indian family during the South African War (1899 to 1902)? What were the chances of a girl of that age meeting and marrying a man more than double her age and falling in love with him? None, whatsoever. But there are photographs which have kindly been made available by Ebrahim Bahroodien. As child trafficking and slavery is still a problem in the modern day and age, it is highly likely that she was sold by...