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The Water Man's Daughter [electronic resource] : a novel / Ruby-Sachs, Emma.

ISBN: 9780771077999 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0771077998 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Emblem/McClelland &amp; Stewart, [2011]

Ruby-Sachs, Emma. (Author). 3M Company. (Added Author).

Summary:

An accomplished, hard-hitting debut novel that marries a page-turning plot with the stories of three women, each of whom is struggling with decisions that will change the course of her life. The violent death of a Canadian water company executive in a black township of Johannesburg throws together a South African anti-privatization activist and the water executive's daughter, Claire, who arrives suddenly from Canada desperate to understand her father's death. The murder investigation -- led by an officer who is finding her own loyalties increasingly unclear -- and Claire's personal quest become entwined, and the young Canadian's involvement with the activist brings her ever closer to a shocking truth she might not be able to bear. The Water Man's Daughter From the Hardcover edition.