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

4.0

"Hum if You Don't Know the Words" is a great novel set in apartheid era South Africa. The narration alternates between a 10 year old white girl, Robin, and a black matriarch, Beauty. Midway through the work, their lives intertwine and become important to each other as they struggle with loss and life. Each story is well written, although there are times Robin's chapters seem more like adult memory than a child's point of view. Thoroughly enjoyable and a lovely novel.