Under The Boab Tree, by Franceska Jordan
Franceska’s new book, ‘Under The Boab Tree’ is a tale of a mother and daughter who search for truth and justice while they were being beaten and tormented by Franceska’s father, Charles Jordan. In their quest for love and the desire to escape her father’s abuse there is one woman, Regina who may be able to offer some hope in keeping ‘Father Death’ from her.
In this stirring memoir of love, abuse, loss and exile she reveals memories of her abusive childhood and her mother’s tenacity and courage in the face of violence and exploitation.
When the national government of South Africa banned the Trade Union movement and apartheid was enforced, Franceska’s mother Isabella fled imprisonment and lived in exile, handing down its own kind of torment.
How do Isabella and Franceska escape from Father Death’s violence and come to a place of acceptance and stillness? Will they find a home in the ultimate saviour of a love that transcends and unravels the abuse, violence, exploitation and fear?
Progress to publication - ‘Under The Boab Tree’ is launched on 18 November ‘22 at Avid Reader Bookshop West End. To join Franceska, register your attendance online HERE>
“I was born from the strong, tangled roots of the Tree of Life, as was my mother and grandmother before me”
Under The Boab Tree Book Specifications
Under The Boab Tree ©Franceska Jordan 2022
ISBN: 978 -1 922757-66-1 (Paperback)
978-1-922757-67-8 (eBook)
Published by Franceska Jordan and Ocean Reeve Publishing
Page numbers: 308
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Book Summary
Under the Boab Tree is a stirring memoir that traverses Africa and Australia. A creative non-fiction and memoir of Isabella Jordan by her daughter Franceska Jordan and their journeys through the difficulties of loss and exile. A special character called Boaboa pronounced - Bow-a Bow-a - is a real tree – the Baobab – that imparts wisdom to a growing child in a South African garden and as an adult in Australia. A cultural and scenic journey through Africa to a forest in Australia. A love for others and themselves comes through these women’s tenacity and courage in the face of adversity. Additionally, how with strong roots you can weather almost anything and grow.
This book is told in a lyrical style – it is about wise counsel, resilience, glimpses of wonder and insights. Inspires hope, strength and connects with the richness, contradictions, and peaceful resolutions at the end of this tale.
Under The Boab Tree will appeal to readers of political and personal histories in Africa, Australia and internationally. With an interest in Africa’s political and personal histories, Isabella and Franceska Jordan’s lived experiences in apartheid South Africa and other parts of Africa are seen from 1940’s to 2016. Franceska’s pioneering work for people with Alzheimer’s Disease and their carers is briefly covered as well.
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