by Lynn Carneson, ISBN:97817700220850, R220.00
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Red in the Rainbow is a story of humanity in the face of political turmoil. Fred and Sarah Carneson were fiercely committed members of the Communist Party from the 1930s onwards. Dedicated activists in brutal times, theirs is a story of political persecution and torture, prolonged separation and enduring love.
Lynn Carneson, their daughter, candidly narrates the joy, the terror, the pain and the impact of her extraordinary life as the child of such devoted protestors, revealing how, despite endless campaigning, financial difficulty, emotional breakdown and her father’s seven-year imprisonment, the family managed to stay together.
Based on personal recollection as well as official records, newspaper articles and Fred and Sarah’s prison letters, Lynn describes her parents’ underground work, their involvement in watershed events such as the Treason Trial, and the family’s constant surveillance by security police. She vividly recounts their life as exiles in London and their long-awaited return to South Africa in 1991.
Red in the Rainbow not only invokes Fred and Sarah’s lifelong political struggles and triumphs in gripping detail, but also tells a poignant human story of endurance, breakdown, courage and the survival of a marriage against all odds.
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