Stones for my Father / Trilby Kent 170 p.

Corlie Rous is still mourning the loss of her beloved father as the British troops move in with their scorched earth policy for Boer families who continue to support the commandos fighting for independence. Corlie's mother seems harsh in her dealings with her. As the story unfolds, the reader learns why. Her friend is Sipho, an African native. The family joins a wagon train of other Boer families as they evade British 'khakis'. Soon, they are captured and sent to a concentration camp. There British try to force the commandos to give up by starving their families. Corlie's mother explodes the home truth about her when she loses of her beloved son. Cast out without a ration book and ostracized by the camp inmates, Corlie faces near death until the soldiers step in. A telling novel of the Boer War. A war observed by Winston S. Churchill.