Following the success of her award-nominated short story collection "Women out of Water", Sally Cranswick makes her novel debut with "Of All Things, We Need Hope", a powerful story that examines grief, forgiveness and justice through the extraordinary journey of a mother who chooses healing over revenge.
What would you do if the person responsible for your greatest loss was given a second chance? That impossible question sits at the centre of Sally Cranswick's debut novel, “Of All Things, We Need Hope”.
It is a story that challenges readers from the very first page and refuses to offer easy answers.
Published by Modjaji Books, the novel introduces Heather, a mother whose life is shattered when her son is murdered.
Instead of pursuing revenge, she makes a decision that shocks everyone around her. She commits herself to helping her son's killer, Smith, rebuild his life while serving a prison sentence.
