A review by heathergillis
Scatterlings by Rešoketšwe Manenzhe

3.0

Scatterlings tells the story of how one family was affected by the passing of the Immorality Act in South Africa, which banned interracial relationships. We meet Dido and Emilie first, the mixed race children of Abram and Alisa. Abram is a white man and Alisa is a black woman who was raised in England by adoptive parents. The story examines what it means to belong to a place, to a family, to a tribe, from each character's perspective. The writing is beautiful and the story is heartbreakingly sad. While I appreciated the writing and the premise was interesting, I felt the story was a bit disjointed and I never really connected with it.