A Clergyman's Daughter

The son of a family of ‘happy Greek pagans’ finds God and decides to become a clergyman. His family don’t know what to think, and quite frankly neither does the small, white conservative congregation in the unglamorous northern suburbs of Cape Town when this young irreverent Reverend becomes their minister. He remains there for forty years, as South Africa moves from apartheid into democracy.

Four decades later his incorrigible daughter tries to get to the bottom of whatever it was she was brought up in, unravelling the complicated ties between racism, religion, and love.

Unsentimental, often wry, and always honest, this is a father-daughter conversation about their family history, a nation's scars, and why we remain part of communities that often break our hearts.

A memoir about the importance of love and belonging in a changing world—and the power of trying to understand one another, even when it feels nearly impossible.