New York: Scribner, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in her South Africa, where she was born. Set against a backdrop of the region's troubled history, this is the story of Eva van Rensburg who is forced to confront the terrible secrets of her past, when she returns to her South African home - the drought-striken bush farm called Skinner's Drift - at the death of her violent father. INSCRIBED on the title page "for --- with all best wishes. May Skinner's Drift take you back to the bush." and dated in October 2006, in the year of publication. A New York Times Notable Book. Fugard is the daughter of the noted South African playright Athol Fugard. 287 pp. ISBN: 978-0743272995.