Die romanThe novel
Die Keerpunt is die ontroerende verhaal van Dawie, 'n jong man wat die liefde en vertroeteling van sy ouers prysgee ter wille van sy selfbehoud en emosionele welstand. En van Rabia, 'n jong vrou wat haar eie persoonlikheid uit onkunde en weerloosheid inboet ter wille van haar respek vir ouergesag en haar geloof in Allah. Eweneens is dit die tragiese verhaal van pa's wat nie besef dat hulle hul kinders, en almal onder hul hoofskap, van hulle vervreem nie, hetsy met goedbedoelde liefde of goedbedoelde onverbiddelikheid. Van ouers wat hul gesagsposisie teen kinders misbruik en hulle gevolglik met lewenslange emosionele letsels laat. Die leser kry ook 'n blik op die vreedsame leefwyse van Moesliems in die Kaap.
The Turning Point is the heartbreaking story of Dawie, a young man who gives up the love and nurturing of his parents for the sake of his self-preservation and emotional well-being. And of Rabia, a young woman who loses her own personality out of ignorance and defencelessness for the sake of her respect for parental authority and her faith in Allah. Likewise, it is the tragic story of fathers who do not realise that they are alienating their children, and all those under their leadership, from them, whether with well-intentioned love or well-intentioned intransigence. Of parents who abuse their position of authority against children and consequently leave them with lifelong emotional scars. The reader also gets a glimpse into the peaceful way of life of Muslims in the Cape.