Ukulandela umkhondo we USarah ukhonkotha, Umbhali omkhulu ohlala eSpain, umbhali uKaren Viggers uye wafumana izicwangciso zakhe ezizithandayo kwii-antipodes zethu ukuze abonise iinoveli zakhe kuthi.
Kumfundi waseYurophu kuhlala kukho umxube we-exoticism kunye nomdla ojikeleze ibali elibaliswa kwelinye icala lehlabathi. Ngesi sihlandlo sisiya kwiSiqithi saseBruny, eTasmania, ukuze sidibane noMary, ixhegokazi elijongene nelo lotho yosuku lokugqibela, apho suku ngalunye olutsha ibe litikiti elitsha lokulishiya eli hlabathi.
Ngokomgaqo, le noveli ilinganiselwe kolo tyekelo lokuleyibhelishwa "kwengxelo yabasetyhini" engenzi nto kuncwadi ngokubanzi. Kutheni ibali lingumfazi? Ngenxa yobuntununtunu bayo? Kutheni uzothetha nathi ngothando? Sele ndinike uluvo lwam ngako kwelinye inqaku malunga nenoveli. Usapho olungafezekanga, nguPepa Roma. Andicingi ukuba umbono worhwebo woncwadi lwabasetyhini kuphela ulungile kwaphela...
UMariya, ibhinqa, usinika imbono edidayo ngobomi bakhe bangaphambili. Wayengumfazi ozinikeleyo, ozinikele kumhlaba njengomfazi womgcini wendlu yesibane ongenakuze awushiye umsebenzi wakhe ogqithisayo njengesikhokelo kwiinqanawa ebusuku.
Kumzuzu wokuqala wenoveli, emva kweminyaka emininzi emva kwakhe kwaye eneentsuku ezimbalwa elundini, uMary ufuna kuphela ezolile zendalo ezifunwa ngumzimba nengqondo xa ukudinwa kwendalo kwazo zonke iiseli zikhokelela ekuboleni okuzolileyo.
Kodwa ngamanye amaxesha, ngaphandle kokuziva izinto zokugqibela, kusenokubakho imiba yokusombulula...
UMary wayengacengi ukubuyela kwiSiqithi saseBruny, apho laa ndlu yesibane yayimi phakathi kohlaza lwasethafeni nolwandle oluluhlaza. Kodwa ileta iphelela ekubeni ikhawuleze ibuye.
Ukubuyela kweso siqithi esasiyindlu yakhe yonke kuvusa iimvakalelo zendalo eziphikisanayo zokubuyela okungenakwenzeka kwiindawo apho ashiye khona ngokuvuya. Kodwa nakweso siqithi uMary wayesazi indlela yokungcwaba iimfihlo zakhe ezibonakala ngathi sele zivele kwaye, ekugqibeleni, inokuba yeyona ndlela ilungileyo yokuvala ulungelelwaniso lobomi ngeyona ndlela inesidima neyothusayo.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli ethi ISiqithi seMemori, incwadi entsha kaKaren Viggers, ngesaphulelo sokufikelela kule bhlog, Apha: