In die somer van 1838 vertrek die Voortrekkerleier Piet Retief en sowat 100 man na die Zoeloekoning Dingaan om oor grond vir die trekkers te onderhandel. In die laer by Doornkop wag sy vrou Magdalena op hulle terugkeer. Die afloop van hierdie sending na Dingaan is wyd opgeteken as die Slag van Bloedrivier.

Byna 180 jaar later is Hanna op soek na wat ook al Magdalena nagelaat het. Vroeg in hierdie soektog loop Hanna haar vas in ’n plaasmoord waarvoor sy nie antwoorde het nie. Bitter min is bekend oor Magdalena en haar lewe ná 1838, buiten haar brief in 1841 aan haar skoonfamilie. In Pietermaritzburg staan haar huisie vandag nog, nou ’n klerewinkel.

Kort voor haar dood in 1854 besoek ’n handelaar haar in Potchefstroom en staan in sy boek ’n paragraaf aan haar af.

Al wat ons het, is vandag en elke mens vertel ’n storie anders. Van ver af is niks soos dit vir ons lyk nie.

“Bloedlelie is ’n merkwaardige en belangrike roman uit die pen van ’n vaardige, gesoute skrywer. Verskriklike en weersinwekkende gebeure sowel as hedendaagse politieke kompleksiteite en strydpunte word met ’n seker hand uitgebeeld. Tegelykertyd is hierdie roman die verhaal van Magdalena Retief, die grootliks onbesonge vrou van Pieter Mauritz Retief.” - Helene de Kock

In 2020, tien jaar nadat Sabine uit die Laeveld weggesteier het, keer sy terug om nog net een maal weer hulle familieplaas Donkerhoek te sien en ’n neersitplek te soek vir die bondel wat sy al so lank saamdra.

Sy het egter nie ’n telefoonnommer vir die nuwe eienaar nie en Google Maps weet nie van so ’n plek nie.

In tien jaar het die aarde hierlangs geswig voor grondeise en armoede en die media berig van ’n onbekende virus wat reeds dood op die planeet begin saai het.

13 Augustus 2017. Ansja vat haar twee dogtertjies kerk toe. Heeldag het sy ʼn naar gevoel op die krop van haar maag, asof iemand haar wind uitgeskop het. Sy hou by ʼn stopstraat naby hul huis stil en ʼn motor jaag van agter in hulle vas. Haar jongste dogtertjie, Larissa, se kop word met die impak vergruis soos ʼn waatlemoen.

Met bomenslike krag sleep sy haar dogters uit die kar en sit hulle op die sypaadjie neer. Dan verloor sy haar bewussyn en sien haarself en haar kinders van bo. Alles word lig. Daar is lieflike musiek en reënboogkleure. Vrede en liefde heers en niks maak meer saak nie. Sy dryf weg.

Maar dan hoor sy haar oudste dogtertjie na haar roep. En sy moet terug. Na die pyn van ʼn gebreekte lyf en gebroke hart. Hoe hervat sy haar lewe?

"Once, atop a cold, dark mountain, there was an old wooden chest. And in the chest, there was a treasure so special that it could make your dreams come true. Or so it was said." Join Hare as she sets off to find the treasure, hoping for an exciting adventure. On the way, she meets Bear, whose dream is to make friends, and Bird, whose dream is to overcome shyness. But when they eventually get to the top and find the treasure, they realise that they've already found what they're looking for. This stunning debut picture book teaches that real treasure is not gold and friendship holds the most value of all

God se liefde verander alles. Sy groot liefde omvrou alle aspekte van ons lewe. Wanneer ons ons harte vir Hom oopmaak, word die donker in en rondom ons keer op keer deurspoel met lig, sy lig, en met die krag van sy liefde wat ons omring. Die liefde kom ook in vele gestaltes. Die pad van die liefde is nie altyd gelyk nie en dit kom nie vanselfsprekend nie... Met hierdie boek nooi die outeurs jou uit om die vele maniere waarop God sy liefde aan jou bewys opnuut te ontdek en weer jou eie te maak. 

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