Title: Blood Sisters
Author: Roelien Schutte and Eileen de Jager, narrated by Ilse Salzwedel
Publisher: LAPA
Price: R160,00
After the success of the Afrikaans edition, Bloedsusters, the English edition of this remarkable story, Blood Sisters, is now available in bookstores nationwide!
Eileen de Jager and Roelien Schutte’s occupation is somewhat unusual, to say the least. These two sisters clean up the biohazardous waste left behind after people have died – washing, scrubbing, sanitising and incinerating. It is a macabre, grisly job that few people want to do and even fewer can physically and emotionally endure.
Eileen and Roelien have been doing this work for almost four years in South Africa, after being introduced to it while on a working holiday in the UK.
This is their story.
The book is also available in Afrikaans as Bloedsusters (ISBN 978 0 7993 5097 5) and both are available from leading bookstores or directly from the publisher. Contact LAPA Publishers on 012 401 0700 or visit our website: www.lapa.co.za.