Chicken Run
Durban, 1976. Mandela is on Robben Island. The country is racially segregated. Can newlyweds, Kim and Pippa, plan a long-term future in Apartheid South Africa?
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They want ordinary things: a family, and to treat everyone fairly, no matter their race, colour or creed.
Pippa’s priorities are her marriage and future family – but in a safe country, because she’s been profoundly shocked by the murder of her brother.
She wants to join the ‘Chicken Run’ overseas, and Kim’s naïve desire to stay and help build a better future for South Africa creates growing tension between them.
The Security Branch and their web of informers become interested when Kim is drawn into problems in a nearby squatter camp. There, he meets Ivy, who runs an illegal drinking den, and her young son, Phineas, the hope for a democratic, civilised future.
Can he help them, without being arrested, and still save his marriage?
"In this complex, yet readable book, Tor Hansen uncovers all the elements of human conflict."
"It gathers momentum as the story develops until you don't want to put it down."
"A superb read. It deserves to be a best seller."