A Quilt of Dreams by Patricia Schonstein ISBN 978-0-06-056244-1 Set in Grahamstown, South Africa, during 1990, at the height of political unrest and in the waning days of apartheid, this is the bittersweet story of two people, strangers to each other, whose lives are deeply intertwined – one a heavy-drinking white man and the other the young daughter of a black activist. Patricia Schonstein has done it again: A Quilt of Dreams is characteristically opulent, textured and full of magic ~ Oprah Magazine Reuben Cohen van Tonder battles with unresolved grief and his search for inner peace. Vita Mbuli innocently resolves to banish the bad luck that has plagued her family for generations. Unexpectedly for both, their private ambitions will culminate in a wondrous resolution of personal and national triumph. Filled with magic lyricism and deep insight, this novel captures the harsh and brutal realities and injustices of South Africa’s past, interlacing them with enchantment, tenderness, forgiveness and hope.