The Year the Gypsies Came – Linzi Glass

For Emily Iris, visitors mean a temporary peace at home. While guests stay, her parents put their quarrels aside. But one spring, an Australian couple and their two boys arrive, setting in motion events that will change her world forever.

Set against the backdrop of apartheid-era South Africa, Linzi Glass’s haunting coming-of-age novel explores family fractures, lost innocence and the unsettling impact of strangers on an unhappy household. A moving choice for readers drawn to emotionally layered South African stories.

If you liked A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly or The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, you’ll like this.

A paperback in Good condition: moderate wear and some page yellowing, with all pages present.