A good, thoughtfully written, adult book by Lynne Reid Banks. The two main characters are very believable - Harriet whose marriage is on the slide and whose son gets duffed up at the bus stop, and Judy who is clearly a white South African (she says 'Man' a lot). Interesting that after the 1960s ingrained racism of 'The L-Shaped Room' she tackled Apartheid head-on in this book. A good, thought provoking read set firmly in the real world. ( )