Trinity Rising, by Fiona Snyckers, is a most welcome addition to the sparse world of South African chick lit. The main character, Trinity Luhabe, is a former Miss Sandton who lives in Sandton and is so not previously disadvantaged. She believes people should move on. She's sick and tired of hearing about the Struggle, even though her father Abel spent time on Robben Island. He's now he's a billionaire mining magnate getting on with his life - just the way she likes it. Her mother, Sunet, is from an Afrikaans farming family and met her father while visiting Robben Island. Trinity, fresh from an exclusive Johannesburg private school, heads off to Rhodes University to study Economics and English... economics because she reckons that it's the best place to get to know guys who are going to be eligible millionaires. Here the good-looking fashionista parties her way through life... until life bites back. Her best friend, Lael, goes to UCT so Trinity makes new friends - Steph, Kealiboga and Tyson, meeting every Saturday for brunch. She develops a crush on her poetry tutor, Farouk. Trinity even becomes a babysitter to earns shopping money!
Fiona Snyckers was born and raised in Johannesburg. She was educated at Rhodes University and the University of the Witwatersrand. After graduating from Wits with a Master's in English Literature, she got married and left for England with her husband. In 1997 they returned to South Africa, where she freelanced as a magazine writer until her first child was born. The mother of three has been writing fiction since childhood and is now busy writing more about Trinity.
