Books with author Judy Freeman

To help his family survive Solomon sells apples on the platform at Denneboom train station in Mamelodi. It is 1976, and the closure of schools after the Soweto riots leaves Solomon and his friends with few choices other than to accept their place in apartheid South Africa or to leave the country and try to force change. Solomon chooses to fight for freedom and embarks on a life in exile as a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe. A year later he is sent back to South Africa as an operative, with tragic consequences.Solomon’s Story is a fictional account of the true story of Solomon Mahlangu, a young hero who paid the ultimate price in his contribution to South Africa’s freedom.

Inspired by the original "Sleeping Beauty" fairytale, Rose introduces us to a young, impressionable girl who, instead of pricking her finger on a spinning wheel, becomes bewitched by the seductive world of drugs and dependency. It's a story about control – or the loss of it – and how much Rose is willing to jeopardize as she searches for her own self-worth. Simultaneously, Rose's father, Robert, struggles with his own past as he watches his daughter make the same decisions that almost killed him thirty-five years ago. Can he save Rose before she follows in his footsteps?

In this psychological thriller, we meet Lily, a girl willing to be held hostage in the middle of the forest by an ex-drug addict in order to save her father’s life.Lily’s father, Don, suffers a terrible car crash, and Lily finds his car at the bottom of an embankment. After battling through a dark forest and the terrible cold, she comes upon a lone cabin in the middle of the woods. There she finds her father chained to a wall--held hostage by Seven, the cabin's owner and an ex-drug addict who now believes that he is The Chosen One. Lily is able to convince Seven to let her father go by taking her father's place. As the story develops, we witness--through Lily's journal entries--that she is becoming a victim of Stockholm Syndrome. Lily must ultimately choose between trusting Seven, who is now her only companion, or believing her fears that his madness may have driven him to murder. Will she be able to find the truth in time or will she pay the ultimate price?

To help his family survive Solomon sells apples on the platform at Denneboom train station in Mamelodi. It is 1976, and the closure of schools after the Soweto riots leaves Solomon and his friends with few choices other than to accept their place in apartheid South Africa or to leave the country and try to force change. Solomon chooses to fight for freedom and embarks on a life in exile as a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe. A year later he is sent back to South Africa as an operative, with tragic consequences. SOLOMON’S STORY is a fictional account of the true story of Solomon Mahlangu, a young herp who paid the ultimate price in his contribution to South Africa’s freedom.JUDY FROMAN was a young child in 1976 and only became familiar with the facts of Solomon Mahlangu’s case in 1995, while working as a research clerk for the inimitable Judge Ismail Mahomed. She has written this novel as a tribute to Solomon, to Judge Mahomed, to her friend Patric Mtshaulana and to all those who made enormous sacrifices to bring South Africa its freedom.

To help his family survive Solomon sells apples on the platform at Denneboom train station in Mamelodi. It is 1976, and the closure of schools after the Soweto riots leaves Solomon and his friends with few choices other than to accept their place in apartheid South Africa or to leave the country and try to force change. Solomon chooses to fight for freedom and embarks on a life in exile as a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe. A year later he is sent back to South Africa as an operative, with tragic consequences. SOLOMON’S STORY is a fictional account of the true story of Solomon Mahlangu, a young herp who paid the ultimate price in his contribution to South Africa’s freedom.JUDY FROMAN was a young child in 1976 and only became familiar with the facts of Solomon Mahlangu’s case in 1995, while working as a research clerk for the inimitable Judge Ismail Mahomed. She has written this novel as a tribute to Solomon, to Judge Mahomed, to her friend Patric Mtshaulana and to all those who made enormous sacrifices to bring South Africa its freedom.