THE WILDERNESS BETWEEN US
Penny Haw
Loot.co.za (R267)
Köehler Books
FOUR couples and old friends are set to hike the Tsitsikamma trail in the southern Cape. At the last minute, work compels one of them to withdraw. She persuades her 20-year-old anorexic daughter, Clare, to accompany her father and the rest of the party in her place.
Things start going wrong on the second day when, Derek, the self-appointed leader, ignores weather warnings. Within hours, the group is separated. Clare finds herself on one side of the flooded Bloukrans River with Derek’s wife, Faye. When Clare falls and is injured, Faye, who is quietly grappling with her own issues of self-doubt and anxiety after years of gaslighting and bullying by Derek, has to step-up and take control. She builds a…
