Sublime
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A beautifully written text, this book is a prize for any bookshelf. Rachel Holmes has succeeded once again in blending impeccable research with delightful prose; and when combined, invites the reader into a different place, a different time, a different viewpoint...at first, we are at one with the indigenous population of South Africa, following a story of domestic drudgery and bad luck - suddenly we are ripped from our comfort zone and introduced to a freak-obsessed showcase London - profit wins over protection and a lifetime of servitude makes itself abundantly clear to our subject, Saartjie Baartman. She reacts to her new surroundings accordingly and that is what makes her story all the more poignant.
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