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FROM: [removed]@unforgettablebooks.com
REC'D: 3/12/03, 3:51 PM

Hello,
Have a patron requesting this novel she read in the
1970's--Wilbur Smith comes to mind as a possible
author, but he is so prolific I thought I would see if
I could winnow it down a bit....here are the clues she
gave:
Young white woman is rescued from death
(drowning?) and restored to health by people of the
Kalahari. (?as to location) She comes to understand
their speech--click talk?
In gratitude she gives one particular man a valuable
necklace. On returning home, she becomes a very
wealthy and influential woman, courted by someone who
gives her a valuable necklace.....which, of course, she
recognizes, and discovers that her suitor has killed
her benefactor and stolen the necklace. The rest of the
book-perhaps a series-is given over to her seeking of
revenge against this man.
TIA
Gayle Richardson
[removed]@unforgettablebooks.com

FROM: "Forister, Ann" <[removed]@roseville.ca.us>
REC'D: 3/17/03, 12:51 PM

Your guess is right,the book yourr patron is looking for is by Wilbur
Smith--The Burning Shore. A really good book, whether read as part of the
series or not.

Ann Forister
Roseville (CA) Public Library

Subject: African novel stumper
From: <[removed]@unforgettablebooks.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 13:47:34 -0800 (PST)

Hello,
Have a patron requesting this novel she read in the
1970's--Wilbur Smith comes to mind as a possible
author, but he is so prolific I thought I would see if
I could winnow it down a bit....here are the clues she
gave:
Young white woman is rescued from death
(drowning?) and restored to health by people of the
Kalahari. (?as to location) She comes to understand
their speech--click talk?
In gratitude she gives one particular man a valuable
necklace. On returning home, she becomes a very
wealthy and influential woman, courted by someone who
gives her a valuable necklace.....which, of course, she
recognizes, and discovers that her suitor has killed
her benefactor and stolen the necklace. The rest of the
book-perhaps a series-is given over to her seeking of
revenge against this man.
TIA
Gayle Richardson
[removed]@unforgettablebooks.com

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