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"These were people who lived large because they were large, and were large because of their passionate engagement with each other and with history....Rivonia's Children reminds us that in some places, at some times, some people have discovered different, fuller, better ways of being human."

Susie Linfield

The Nation

"Simply masterful and begs to be read."

The Jewish Chronicle

Now in Print from Blue Ear Books: A New Paperback Edition of Rivonia's Children

Rivonia’s Children recounts the little-known story of three white, Jewish families and their remarkable struggle alongside Nelson Mandela against apartheid, in the era when South Africa’s white-minority regime descended into a brutal police state. Imprisoned, exiled and in some cases murdered, these activists paid a terrible price for their courage, but their sacrifices helped pave the way for a multi-racial democracy. The new Blue Ear Books edition of Glenn Frankel’s classic account of the cost of freedom is as relevant to today’s struggles for justice and equality as when it was first published a quarter-century ago.

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News Update:

Glenn Frankel has joined the JBC Network's Authors on Tour for 2025-6. JBC member organizations can contact Suzanne Swift at suzanne@jewishbooks.org by June 6 to arrange author events.

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