Swimming with Cobras Page 19
When I think back to the child I was, and the home and country I grew up in, I have to pinch myself. Was that me? Has this been my life? By South African standards my life has not been remarkable. My story is not one of suffering or heroic deeds, but the simple record of one woman’s life in a provincial town on an extraordinary frontier. Against all my early expectations I’ve become completely absorbed in this very strange society – and that has made all the difference.