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Janet Levine
Janet Levine was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and has lived in the US since 1984. Her first work Inside Apartheid (Contemporary Books 1988) earned national attention in the US from The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, NPR’s Fresh Air, all major TV networks at the time, and many other major national media outlets.
Janet’s latest work is Liv’s Secrets, a novel that in many ways builds on Inside Apartheid.
Janet’s latest work is Liv’s Secrets, a novel that in many ways builds on Inside Apartheid.
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Janet is an author, educator, and non-profit entrepreneur. In addition to her novel Liv’s Ghosts and her other Armin Lear title, Reading Matters, she is the author of Inside Apartheid; Know Your Parenting Personality; The Enneagram Intelligences, nominated for the 2002 Grawemeyer Education Award; and Leela’s Gift.
Levine has published prolifically in magazines and professional journals as a writer both in her native South Africa and the United States. She is a book reviewer for the online New York Journal of Books. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Sunday Magazine, The Sowetan (in South Africa, the only white journalist to have a column in a black newspaper, 1978-1981.), Boston Globe, Boston Phoenix, and many online journals and magazines.
Janet leads talks, workshops, and programs internationally on the Enneagram, reading and writing, and, occasionally, current events in South Africa. An anti-apartheid activist, she is an expert on South Africa and South African politics.
Janet leads talks, workshops, and programs internationally on the Enneagram, reading and writing, and, occasionally, current events in South Africa. An anti-apartheid activist, she is an expert on South Africa and South African politics.
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Recent book reviews for Janet Levine’s book Liv’s Secrets
" This beautiful novel (Liv's Secrets) gives one a real sense of what it must have been like living under "Apartheid" in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990's. The story follows the lives of the Weisz family that had previously immigrated from Lithuania to South Africa. The story presents the characters and the family as "Strangers in a Strange Land". The family had to adjust to the realities of living in a new country undergoing tremendous change, to make a living, and to contribute to the formation of this new country. The horrors of "Apartheid" are well documented in the novel and the reader comes away with a deep understanding of the tradeoffs that immigrants must make to survive. The author also presents the beauty of the country and the warmth of its people in such a way that the reader wants to go visit immediately."
George P. PurvisAmazon Reviews
"Janet Levine's book, Liv's Secret, is wonderful. It entertains, following a family's experience through many generations in South Africa. It describes the various landscapes beautifully. It teaches the history of South Africa and the horrors of apartheid."
Joan HusbandAmazon Reviews
" I read this book for Bookclub and was surprised how much I learned about South African history, culture, and people. I learned about the struggle for overthrowing apartheid and winning freedom for the majority of black Africans. The author was living in South Africa during this time and was able to tell the story through familiar families."
Karen CasterAmazon Reviews
