Reeva : A Mother's Story
Record details
- ISBN: 9780751558715
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Physical Description:
electronic
280 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. : 24 cm. - Publisher: London : Sphere, 2014.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Includes the true story behind the Oscar Pistorius trial"--Cover. |
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Subject: | Steenkamp, Reeva -- 1983-2013 -- Death and burial Pistorius, Oscar -- 1986- -- Trials, litigation, etc Trials (Manslaughter) -- South Africa |
Genre: | Memoirs. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Castlegar Public Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Castlegar Public Library | 364.1525 STE (Text) | 35146001969864 | Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
"In the early hours of Valentine's Day 2013, Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, shooting her multiple times while she cowered behind the locked door of their bathroom. His trial has attracted more international media attention and public scrutiny than any since that of OJ Simpson. What went on behind the scenes though? And what was the real Reeva like, away from the photo shoots and the attention of the media? A beautiful 29 year old from Port Elizabeth, Reeva graduated as a lawyer and campaigned for human rights causes before deciding to try the world of modelling in South Africa's most vibrant city. Her relationship with international hero Oscar Pistorius seemed like a fairy tale of triumph over adversity--double amputee turned champion athlete meets small town girl with beauty and brains wanting to make her mark on the world. No one could have predicted the tragic and horrifying conclusion to that fairy tale. Reeva's mother, June Steenkamp, has kept a dignified silence throughout the long months since she received the phone call every mother dreads. In this painfully honest and unflinching account of Reeva's life, she talks about what really went on in her mind as she sat in the packed Pretoria court room day after day and how she is coping in the aftermath of the verdict. Reeva is the only true insider's account of this tragic story."--From publisher.