Ruby Red by Linzi Glass

My other train book, this is a story of a girl growing up in South Africa during apartheid, whose mother runs an art gallery that sells works by black artists on the wrong side of Sandton. Ruby herself has to face prejudice and discrimination when her British South African friends, and her parents, become unhappy with her relationship with an Afrikaner. A story about breaking down boundaries is tied up with the riots that resulted in the death of Hector Peterson and other children who were campaigning about the new law that meant they had to be educated in Afrikaans. Some very moving scenes in the book.

I had not realised that the book would feature this scene: however, reading it reminded me of the time I met Hector Peterson's mother at an open air art gallery in Soweto a number of years ago.

Another good read; thoughtful and moving.