Seventy Times Seven 9780553818024 First published in Afrikaans as

First published in Afrikaans as Als is nie net swart en wit nie (Not everything is black and white)

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Seventy Times Seven 9780553818024 First published in Afrikaans asAbout Seventy Times Seven by Alex Mar A masterful, revelatory work of literary non fiction about a teenage girl's shocking crimeand its extraordinary aftermath. On a spring afternoon in 1985 in Gary, Indiana, a fifteen year old black girl kills a white elderly bible teacher in a violent home invasion. In a city with a history of racial tension the press swoops in. When Paula is sentenced to death, no one decries the impending execution of a tenth