検索キーワード： 著者 "Mariki Kriel" すべてのカテゴリー

Kiki is moulded and shaped by her employers' demands and those of her clients until she is forced to change who she is. At last, she gets her British passport and is able to initiate divorce proceedings. She enters survival mode, allowing herself to be receptive to new experiences and starting the healing process.

The author describes life in South Africa from the viewpoint of different cultures and characters. As a keen observer of human nature, she invites her listeners to become part of real-life issues by visiting the characters behind the scenes, often shocking them with open and honest dialogue about unusual situations. Sharing experiences in a government hospital, one real and another fictional, and a matric dance where a man reluctantly takes his gardener's son to his matric dance in his sports car, Mandy and her Friends reveal the shocking reality of what life is like living with a drug addict.

It seemed so easy — dig a hole and climb through to the other side! If Kiki had known what was waiting for her there, would she have given up all that was dear to her? Stripped of material possessions, separated from her family and facing the end of her marriage; she has to survive in her adopted country as a single, older woman. For this, a metamorphosis is essential. Her strongest motivation and goal is to obtain citizenship. To get there, she has to dig deep. Cry with her, laugh with her, but never give up hope.