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July's People Lesson Plan

Relationship to Other Books

Consider pairing this book with other books about domestic workers written from different perspectives, from The Help by Kathryn Stockett to Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Consider reading other books by Nadine Gordimer, like No Time like the Present and The Lying Days. Consider also reading some of Gordimer’s short stories.

Consider reading works by other South African writers, both fiction writers like J.M. Coetzee, Zakes Mda, Zoe Wicomb, and Lewis Nkosi, and nonfiction writers and public figures like Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko.

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