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A life-affirming literary adventure, On the Edge shares the journey of the author's life from London to Northern Rhodesia, and then to South Africa under the oppressive apartheid government, where she raised her children, divorced, worked as a journalist and social worker, and rejoiced in becoming a writer. The book, in a rich tapestry of memoir, memoir-based short stories, and poems, finally celebrates Nelson Mandela's election, and follows the author to the USA.

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A life-affirming literary adventure, On the Edge shares the journey of the author's life from London to Northern Rhodesia, and then to South Africa under the oppressive apartheid government, where she raised her children, divorced, worked as a journalist and social worker, and rejoiced in becoming a writer. The book, in a rich tapestry of memoir, memoir-based short stories, and poems, finally celebrates Nelson Mandela's election, and follows the author to the USA.
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Autorenporträt
Frances Hunter was born in the USA but grew up in Barbados, British Guiana, Canada, and Mauritius. She married a South African lawyer, and their four children were born while they lived in Northern Rhodesia. Subsequently, she lived and worked in South Africa during the apartheid era with experiences narrated in her previous memoir On the Edge. She practiced as a social worker in Johannesburg with a brief stint as a journalist and has had a long love affair with writing. She lives in a cohousing community in Santa Fe, New Mexico.