SuitabookI Heart Beat
Edyth Bulbring
- Reading
- Try the opening together, then check whether Beat’s voice and the local terms are comfortable to follow. The listed glossary may help with Afrikaans and South African slang; pause over any words that prompt questions.
- Themes
- Plans and changing routines: Beat arrives intending to arrange a husband for her grandmother, but her own routine and outlook begin to shift as she spends time outdoors and meets Toffie. The plot frames change through the disruption of Beat’s carefully made plans, rather than presenting her aims as fixed.
- Worth knowing
- Beat’s mother is having another go at rehab, and Beat is sent to stay with a grandmother she barely knows. These family circumstances may be worth noting if they feel close to home.