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A beautiful schoolgirl mysteriously disappears into the South African veld. Forty years later, thirteen members of the missing girl''s swimming team gather at their old boarding school for a reunion, and look back to the long, dry weeks leading to Fiamma''s disappearance. As teenage memories and emotions resurface, the women relive the horror of a long-buried secret. A stunning and singular tale of the passion and tribalism of adolescence, Cracks lays bare the violence that lurks in the heart of even the most innocent.

Sheila Kohler

Sheila Kohler is the author of six previous novels, including Crossways, The Perfect Place, Cracks, and Children of Pithiviers (all available in Other Press editions). A native of South Africa, she makes her home in New York City and teaches at Bennington College in Vermont.

"Riveting... while evocative of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and "Picnic at Hanging Rock," Kohler's writing is so smoothly confident and erotic that she has produced a tale resonant with a chilling power all its own."--"Elle"
In Sheila Kohler's brilliant 1999 novel, a beautiful schoolgirl mysteriously disappears into the South African veld. Forty years later, thirteen members of the missing girl's swimming team gather at their old boarding school for a reunion, and look back to the long, dry weeks leading to Fiamma's disappearance. As teenage memories and emotions resurface, the women relive the horror of a long-buried secret. A stunning and singular tale of the passion and tribalism of adolescence, "Cracks" lays bare the violence that lurks in the heart of even the most innocent.