The holidays offer time for reflection, travel, and unhurried reading. Liv’s Secrets, nominated for the National Book Award, emerges as a deeply moving choice for winter downtime. Whether readers are settling into long flights, relaxing between family gatherings, or searching for meaningful gifts, this layered and unforgettable novel provides a powerful escape into love, heritage, resistance, and the human cost of apartheid-era South Africa.
Liv’s Secrets is available in paperback, hardcover, audiobook, and e-book formats through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and major online retailers.
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“I wrote Liv’s Secrets with deep emotion to capture not only the harsh realities of apartheid, but the love, courage, and personal sacrifice at the center of one woman’s fight for change,” says author Janet Levine. “The Weisz family’s journey unfolds alongside South Africa’s own, beautiful, turbulent, and transformative, as generations navigate love, loss, betrayal, and hope.”
Real historical figures intersect with the fictional cast as world wars, political unrest, and rising racial tensions reshape the nation. The Sharpeville massacre of March 1960 becomes a pivotal turning point, one that alters both South Africa’s trajectory and the fate of the Weisz family.
From this moment forward, the novel centers on Liv Weisz, a passionate, newly divorced woman who answers the call to join the resistance against the apartheid government. Her decision, born of conscience and fierce conviction, comes at an unimaginable cost.
Levine says, “Liv is a character like no other. Her journey reveals the sacrifices ordinary people make in the fight against injustice and the far-reaching consequences that shape countless lives. Smart, brave, and bold, Liv embodies the resilience and courage at the heart of this story.”
Readers Rave About Liv’s Secrets
Critics exclaim, the emotionally resonant and carefully crafted Liv’s Secrets makes a meaningful holiday gift and a powerful winter read. It’s a story that lingers long after the final page and inspires reflection heading into the new year.
“When I started reading Liv's Secrets, the history fascinated me, but soon I felt invested in the characters… The descriptions of South Africa's many landscapes made clear that the country was another complex and beloved character in this story. A great read.”
“I love historical fiction IF it is well done — and this novel is very well done! The saga tells an important story as it follows the Weisz family through several generations in South Africa. Levine's characters rang true for me… I am on my second read and loving it again.”
To learn more about Liv’s Secrets, watch the official book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sas8RUMqs2c
About the Author
From her Wikipedia page, Janet Levine is a South African–born American author, educator, and longtime activist with a distinguished career in writing and public service. An early anti-apartheid activist and expert on South African politics, she began publishing articles in national newspapers as a teenager and has remained a committed freelance journalist ever since.
The author of six traditionally published books, including the best-seller Inside Apartheid and Liv’s Secrets, Levine taught philosophy and literature at Milton Academy in Massachusetts for twenty-nine years. She has presented internationally on personality psychology using the Enneagram model, founded several nonprofit organizations in South Africa and the United States, and continues to champion human rights issues.
To learn more about Janet Levine and her impactful work, click here: https://janetlevine.com/
Levine is available for interviews.
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