Living among the Kafirs, the Vrouw Grobelaar has outlived three husbands -- and still thrives, overseeing farms covering lands farther than the eye can see.
Though poorly educated, she knows her "Psalms" by heart and can spin dozens of fascinating tales of ordinary life -- some of brutality, and others of tender love.
Spiced with supernatural fears and a sure knowledge of the heart, Grobelaar's tales, as told to her niece Katje, enliven this linked collection of tales by British novelist Perceval Gibbon (1879-1926).