Holding Up the Sky

This astonishing autobiographical work is the story of Australian woman Sandy Blackburn-Wright’s complex love affair with Africa and its people. Sandy lived in and worked in South Africa for 15 years. witnessing some of the most tumultuous and significant events in the history of the nation, including the release of Nelson Mandela. Through her community development work she met the man who was to become her husband, together seeking to contribute to the rebuilding and transformation of a post apartheid nation. Sandy tells her personal story with honesty, passion, intelligence and humour.