Mom in 1971 in Abingdon, Berkshire In 1991 Eve and Tony returned to South Africa after 30 years in exile – and in 1998 – as fate would have they came to live in our valley. In the 10 years since then Leigh and I have come to know them – not only as close neighbours , sharing a common interest in our bushveld home – but as dear and trusted friends. They would recount tales of past adventures – of their travels and travails in different parts of the world – in Africa, in India and in the U.K. - and Eve would bubble with laughter. Friends from the old days would come to visit – and they would add new colour and textures and shapes to the unfolding kaleidoscope of their lives. And then Eve’s we met mother – the delightful Lisa – who brought with her recollections of pre and postwar Europe and the changes of destiny and fortune that brought them to South Africa. And suddenly one became aware of the forces that had shaped Eve’s sensibility. – and in time I began to think I knew “all about Ev
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