Amy Biehl, an scholar, collides with young black protesters seeking racial equality in apartheid-era South Africa. Amid civil unrest, her parents find themselves immersed in a global maelstrom of race, tragedy, and ultimately, forgiveness.
The dramatic collision of Amy Biehl, an American Fulbright scholar who was trying to make a difference in South Africa, a group of young black protesters desperately trying to end decades of systematic racism, a country near civil war struggling with its national destiny, and Amy's American parents thrown into the middle of a tumultuous worldwide uproar. It's an extraordinary journey of race, tragedy, forgiveness and true redemption.—Anonymous