Elinye izwi elinamandla lifinyelela emakethe yokushicilela ngesiphakamiso esisha. Ubuhlakani nethalente akulona ifa lanoma yimuphi umbhali. Futhi abafikayo abafana no-Anna Snoekstra baba umcimbi omangalisayo wokubhala. Kulokhu ohlotsheni lwamanoveli emfihlakalo.
El incwadi yendodakazi kuphela yindaba kaRebecca, ebonwa njengohambo olungaqondakali lokuzazi phakathi kwezimo ezimnyama ezizosenza singabaze yonke into ezungeza intombazane.
Siqala kuRebecca Winter njengowesifazane osemusha oyisibonelo oneminyaka eyishumi nesithupha: owesifazane osebenza kanzima, othandwa umndeni wakhe nabangane, ngokungahloli kwakhe okuncane okuhlobene neminyaka kodwa kungekho lutho olusenza sibikezele okuzayo (okuwukuphela kwakhe inkomba eyenza sicabange ngekusasa elimnyama iqiniso lokuthi sifunda inoveli okuthiwa iyimfihlakalo enaleso sici esicacile esijabulisayo).
Kodwa kufika isikhathi lapho zonke izinto zishintsha. Ububi buyithuluzi umbhali alisebenzisayo ukuqondisa isakhiwo sendaba. Kukhona ububi obuqala ukuzungeza uRebecca. Impilo yakhe iqala ukushintsha isuka ekubeni ebomvana iye ekubeni mpunga ize ingene emgodini omnyama osabekayo.
NoRebheka ungena kulowo mgodi omnyama. Wena njengomfundi awazi ukuthi bekungenzekani futhi uzizwa uvaleleke kakhulu ngoshintsho olukhulu lwendawo. Lapho uthola ukuthi, sekudlule iminyaka eyishumi ngaphandle komkhondo kaRebecca. Owesifazane osemusha wanyamalala futhi inoveli imile endaweni lapho usadinga ukwazi ...
Lapho uRebecca ebuya eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva, wonke umuntu uyazabalaza ukuthuthela indawo yempilo yakhe ngaphambi kokunyamalala. Bacabanga ukuthi uRebecca useyileya nsizwa, nakuba esengowesifazane ovuthiwe ozama ukuzifaka ezicathulweni zikaRebecca angeyena.
Kodwa umgodi omnyama usekhona, isamba sezimo kanye nezici ezingaziwa zabalingiswa ziyaqhubeka zifihla, zinikeza izinkomba ezingamanga, zisimema ukuba sicabange ukuthi yini engekho futhi silindele ukumangala.
Ingxubevange phakathi kwenoveli yezengqondo kanye nethokozisayo ikunikeza ithuba lokuqoqa imizwa ephikisanayo, yokuzizwa ulahlekile ekufundeni, nokumangala izici ezingalindelekile zabalingiswa.
Indodakazi kuphela eyinoveli yezengqondo enezingxenye ezinhle kakhulu zomdlalo othokozisayo. Ngemuva kukaRebecca kunamaphupho aphukile, udlame, ukuphelelwa ithemba, kanye nomuzwa wokuthi umlingiswa we-macabre ucashe eminyango yomgodi omnyama, ephakamisa isandla sakhe ukuze "akumeme" ukuthi ungene.
Manje usungathenga i-An Only Child, incwadi yakamuva ka-Anna Snoekstra, lapha: