A review by notinjersey
Hum If You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais

5.0

I loved this book about life during Apartheid in South Africa. This is a beautiful story of loss and love about a young white girl whose parents are killed in an uprising and an older black woman whose daughter goes missing on the same day. I loved the way this story was told, with funny parts you wouldn’t expect, a surprising twist, and the voice of a child who learns how to love and that much of what she was taught about race to be untrue. The side characters, including a Jewish boy named Morrie, were entertaining as well. My buddy read group was able to chat on Instagram with the author and learning more about her writing process and feelings about the book was quite amazing as well.