A gripping family drama that plays out against a turbulent and
controversial political era, this book tells the tale of Susan Kinnane.
She is the precocious daughter of conservative parents who spurns the
attention of fellow university student Mike Riley in favor of a
passionate romance with activist Terry Stoddard. When the South African
Rugby team goes on the road, Terry, Susan, and Mike join the
anti-apartheid demonstrations outside the Springbok's hotel near the
iconic Tower Mill. Late in the night, the riot police charge, and the
terrified students are hunted into the darkened park below. What happens
next changes each of their lives forever. Eight months later, Susan
gives birth to a son, Tom, whose destiny is shaped by a man who is not
his father, and by the events of that shocking night. As a lawyer
working in London decades later, Tom must return to make peace with the
past. This novel combines the youthful passion and enthusiastic activism
of the 1970s with the racism of the apartheid era in a vibrant and
tumultuous story that will enthrall readers to the final page.