{"product_id":"heartshake-jacqueline-wiles-2025","title":"Heartshake by Jacqueline Wiles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeartshake (Debut Novel, Eastern Cape Apartheid-Era Fiction)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Farmer's Wife, a Forbidden Bond and the Shadow of Late Apartheid in the Eastern Cape\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Heartshake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jacqueline Wiles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chrysalis Books, Johannesburg, South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781037081439\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's illustrated card wrappers, perfect bound.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large softcover (trade paperback) format.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good Plus (VG+)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Wraps:\u003c\/strong\u003e Printed card wrappers with a sunset, windmill and kudu image. The spine is dark, with a visible vertical crease line near the foot, below the author name. There is slight wear along the rear spine hinge edge. Corners and edges are clean, as are the fore-edge, head and tail.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text block is clean and bright, with no markings or foxing, and the binding is tight. There are no inscriptions, stamps or bookplates.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not Applicable (As Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in Johannesburg in 2025 by Chrysalis Books, Heartshake is a novel set in the Eastern Cape of the 1980s. It is presented by its publisher as the debut novel of Jacqueline Wiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeg Turner, a farmer's wife, has her life turned upside down when she learns of the affair between her daughter and the son of Solomon Mbekeni, the family's long-serving and beloved houseman. She must come to terms with her tangled emotions against the hostile political backdrop of South Africa in the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story moves between South Africa and England, and explores love and change as democracy approaches. It is a contemporary South African novel that engages with the racial and social tensions of the late apartheid years, and will appeal to readers and collectors of modern South African fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeartshake Jacqueline Wiles · Jacqueline Wiles debut novel · Eastern Cape apartheid novel · South African fiction 1980s · Chrysalis Books 2025 · farm novel set in the Eastern Cape · modern South African novel\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chrysalis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58786620703023,"sku":"TCB-000343","price":120.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/files\/heartshake27262_cover_1.jpg?v=1793859078","url":"https:\/\/timeless-collectible-books.com\/products\/heartshake-jacqueline-wiles-2025","provider":"Timeless Collectible Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}