The Road to Home is the story of Monica Brunetti, a journalist in South Africa, who is carjacked, shot and left on the side of the road to die after visiting an AIDS orphanage. When she awakes she is in a traditionally black hospital—and the only white patient. In the next bed is Ella Nkhoma, a vivacious ex-African National Congress activist, who takes Monica under her wing. Ella wants everyone to believe that she is in hospital because of a bad bout of bronchitis, but she is actually suffering from a far more deadly disease: AIDS. Ella entertains the women in the ward with her larger-than-life personality, but in private she agonizes over what will happen to her two young sons when she dies. The remarkable friendship between Ella and Monica allows both women to find what they are looking for; both find their own unique road home.
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Sandpiper Drift continues the story of Monica and Ella's two sons, Sipho and Mandla, whom Monica has adopted, as they move to Lady Helen, a small town on the west coast of South Africa, where Monica becomes editor of the local newspaper. As with The Road to Home, this story is told from two points of view, Monica’s and, this time, Francina’s, the Brunetti family’s housekeeper of many years. After the drama of The Road to Home, Sandpiper Drift takes a lighter tone, portraying regular people living lives of quiet dignity, people who, in their own small way, contribute as much to the new South Africa as elected officials.
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A Family in Full is THE romance installment of the series! Monica falls in love with Zak, the town doctor, and their future happiness seems assured until Zak's daughter tries to put an end to their relationship. Francina's friendship with Monica is challenged because of her own longing for a child.
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Fly Away Home, the final book of the series, is about Monica's idyllic life in Lady Helen unraveling as Sipho leaves South Africa for the United States and his younger brother clamors to do the same. This might be easier for Monica to bear if a baby were on the way, but it seems that this is one desire of hers that will remain unfulfilled. Francina's happiness, too, is threatened—by the ties of blood, and she sets off on a journey that may be a waste of time—or the saving of her family.
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