{"product_id":"9781776190645","title":"When Secrets Become Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young girl on the Cape Flats is gifted in exchange for a bottle of alcohol, a woman is beaten by her boyfriend and told to bezekela (persevere), a businesswoman is asked for sexual favours to secure a contract, while a child rapist is released on bail after three years...\u003cbr\u003eSouth Africa is a country at war with its women. Rarely a woman can be found who has not been the victim of some kind of abuse or does not know a friend or a family member who has. Gender-based violence takes many different forms - emotional, financial, physical, sexual and structural - and it can be meted out by strangers, intimate partners or a family member.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany women are overcome by a sense of shame when they are sexually or emotionally abused but sharing what was once a secret, helps to break shame's hold. 'I am not defined by the abuse I have suffered,' writes Sue Nyathi. 'I am not a victim; I am a survivor.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn When Secrets Become Stories, women from all walks of life, across racial lines, age and income demographics, boldly speak out. With contributions by Lorraine Sithole, Desiree-Anne Martin, Mamokgethi Phakeng, Shafinaaz Hassim, Cathy Park Kelly and Olivia Jasriel, who as a child was sexually abused by tennis star Bob Hewitt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Sue+Nyathi++(Contributions+by+Lorraine+Sithole\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eSue Nyathi  (Contributions by Lorraine Sithole\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Desiree-Anne+Martin\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eDesiree-Anne Martin\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Lindiwe+Hani\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eLindiwe Hani\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Shafinaaz+Hassim\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eShafinaaz Hassim\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Cathy+Park+Kelly)\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eCathy Park Kelly)\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sue Nyathi (Contributions by Lorraine Sithole,Desiree-Anne Martin,Lindiwe Hani,Shafinaaz Hassim,Cathy Park Kelly)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379243499683,"sku":"9781776190645","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781776190645_74e1a417-d3be-415b-a934-582566d05fad.jpg?v=1776580838","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781776190645","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}