<p>Winner of the Spear's First Best Book Award, 2012<br>Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize, 2012<br>Longlisted for the Guardian Book Award, 2012<br>Longlisted for the Green Carnation Prize, 2012<br>Shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 2014<br><br><br>In her garden, ensconced in the lush vegetation of the Western Cape, Clare Wald, world-renowned author, mother, critic, takes up her pen and confronts her life. Sam Leroux has ...