Gillian Slovo November 13, 2008

Set in Ceylon and Britain of the 1950s, across two generations of a family, Black Orchids (Virago) is a powerful novel about the search to feel at home in your own skin. Gillian Slovo, the author of Ice Road, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, will be in conversation with Susie Orbach, whose books include Fat is a Feminist Issue and the forthcoming Bodies.

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