A searing, intimate memoir tracing the author's attempt to find out the truth about her father's murder.
This is a shocking story told by a searingly honest writer ready to look her country - and herself - squarely in the eye. It offers no false cheer, but something far more valuable and compelling: the often painful truth.Liz McGregor has always been a great journalist but only South Africa could have wrung out of her this single-minded account of the murder of her beloved father. The book is an indescribable duty, exquisitely done.Unforgiven is a deeply personal memoir, anchored in a specific place and time. Yet in its searing, unflinching honesty it transcends that place and time.An enthralling account of the journey by a daughter to meet with those convicted of her father's murder.Unforgiven is a heart-wrenching and illuminating memoir of a daughter's quest for answers and the ever-elusive 'closure'. Liz McGregor beautifully excavates both the too-frequently untold journey taken by a family after a brutal murder and the dehumanisation at the core of South Africa's social and justice systems.LIZ MCGREGOR has written and edited several books including Load-shedding, At Risk, Touch Pause Engage, the Springbok Factory and Khabzela. She has worked as a journalist in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Seoul and London, including several years as deputy editor of the op-ed section of The Guardian. She currently lives in Cape Town and London.