"Poet and celebrated author Antjie Krog has just published a majestic 'autobiographical novel', ... traversing the lifelong writing bond with her mother, Dot Serfontein ... Serfontein, also a celebrated editor, journalist, essayist, writer of popular short stories and prose, daughter of a Free State cattle farmer and formidable mother of five, including Krog, died at the age of 91 on 4 November 2016.