In Shirley, Goodness & Mercy, Chris van Wyk – poet, novelist and short story writer – has created a truly remarkable record of life in coloured community at once both informative and vastly entertaining. Instead, it is a delightful account of one boy's special relationship with the relatives, friends and neighbours – often decidedly quirky – who made up his community, and of the important coping role laughter and humour played during the years he spent in bleak, dusty townships. 1,343 likes 2 talking about this 20 were here. The malapropism aptly reflects the tone of this heart-warming childhood memoir.ĭespite van Wyk's later becoming involved in the anti-apartheid "struggle", this is not a book about racial politics. Shirley Goodness Cupcakes, Jonesville, Michigan. His memoir of his childhood, Shirley, Goodness and Mercy (2004) was followed up last year. Shirley, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." He has published poetry, novels, non-fiction and childrens books. Instead, it is a delightful account of one boy's special relationship with the relatives, friends and neighborsoften decidedly quirkywho made up his community, and of the important coping role. And every time they responded as his mother had. : Despite Van Wyk's later becoming involved in the anti-apartheid struggle, this is not a book about racial politics. Soon others, too, were accorded the privilege of listening to him – again and again. So taken was she with his accomplished delivery, she burst into fits of laughter. Bursting with pride, he rushed home to show off his newly acquired knowledge to his mother, Shirley. Shirley, Goodness & Mercy is a heart-warming. Within days he learnt to recite Psalm 23. Nie-fiksie / Non-fiction - Biography & Autobiography / Biografie & Outobiografie. In 1962, at the age of five, Chris van Wyk went to school for the first time.
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