Through A Dragonfly Eye: a memoir
A moving account of growing up and coming of age in mid-twentieth century South Africa. The book is full of insight and humour, a tenderness and love for her family and country shines through the pages.
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Through A Dragonfly Eye: a memoir
Jenny’s memoir is a moving account of growing up and coming of age in mid-twentieth century South Africa. The book is full of insight and humour, a tenderness and love for her family and country shines through the pages. As a journalist, she was part of the literary scene early on, and one of her lasting legacies is being on the team that created the Franschhoek Literary Festival, she was also the first Director.
Previously published titles:
Darling Blossom
First Aid for the Family
Thoughts in a Makeshift Mortuary
The Sweet-Smelling Jasmine
Video Dreams
The Telling of Angus Quain
Paper Prophets
Pees & Queues
Kitchen Boy
The Miracle of Crocodile Flats
Napoleon Bones
True Blue Superglue
A Quotionary (e-book)
Jenny Hobbs learnt her craft over 30 years as a freelancer on magazines and newspapers. She has published 14 books, including eight novels (four also published in Germany), two collections of quotations, and four non-fiction books. She was a co-founder of the Franschhoek Literary Festival, of which she was Director for four years. In 2019 Jenny was awarded a gold Molteno Medal for Lifetime Services to South African Literature.
