Mother to the Woman: A Memoir

Tessa Kate Lowe is South African by birth, British by marriage and Brummie by choice. 'Mother to the Woman' is a funny and fearless memoir of her first twenty-one years growing up in Apartheid South Africa. Tessa was the only daughter of a brilliant, famous but emotionally erratic mother, Pat Rosevear Lowe, loved by thousands who listened in to Springbok Radio. The seeds of Tessa's future struggles are sown from early childhood. This memoir, the first of a planned trilogy, is a loving memorial to her mother, motherland and the child who became mother to herself.