Frank Eloff trabaja, desde hace siete años, como médico un hospital semiabandonado, en un pueblo fantasma, en un lugar remoto del país. Allí eligió esconderse después de una dolorosa separación.
En el hospital trabaja y convive desde su llegada con los mismos compañeros, en un clima de desidia y resignación en el cual no se siente incómodo.
Pero un día llega un joven médico, Laurence Waters, y provocará el efecto de una piedra que cae en el agua serena, e inicia un proceso de consecuencias imprevisible... continue
The Swarts are a white family who have lived for generations on a farm outside Pretoria, South Africa. After the death of the mother, all the members gather for the funeral at the family home. Amor and Anton, two of her children, reject what the family represents and do not forget the promise that their father made to their mother shortly before he died: that Salome, the black woman who has been working for them all her life and who took care of him in his last days, she could keep the small house in which she has lived for years. But time is passing and the promise is not fulfilled. The narra... continue
When Laurence Waters arrives at his post in a rural hospital in new South Africa, and convinces Dr. Ruth Ngema, head of the hospital, to set up clinics in the villages, the crime and corruption that follow put everyone involved in danger.
"Haunted by an unmet promise, the Swart family loses touch after the death of their matriarch. Adrift, the lives of the three siblings move separately through the uncharted waters of South Africa: Anton, the golden boy who bitterly resents his life's unfulfilled promises; Astrid, whose beauty is her power; and the youngest, Amor, whose life is shaped by a nebulous feeling of guilt. Reunited by four funerals over three decades, the dwindling family reflects the atmosphere of its country-- an atmosphere of resentment, renewal, and ultimately hope"--Publisher marketing.