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    Lockdown: The Corona Chronicles
    Lockdown: The Corona Chronicles
    Lockdown: The Corona Chronicles
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    Lockdown: The Corona Chronicles

    By Melinda Ferguson

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    The first Corona book to be released in South Africa, Lockdown captures the mood of our times through a tapestry of South African voice, capturing stories from the creative front. In this unprecedented time in global history of panic, passion and pandemonium, a  sterling list of Melinda Ferguson Books best authors shine as contributors. 
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMelinda Ferguson Books
    Release dateMar 23, 2020
    ISBN9781928421221
    Lockdown: The Corona Chronicles
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    Melinda Ferguson

    Melinda Ferguson is the bestselling author of her addiction trilogy Smacked, Hooked and Crashed. She is also an award-winning publisher. In 2016 her groundbreaking title, Rape: A South African Nightmare by Prof Pumla Gqola, won the Alan Paton Award for non-fiction. In 2020 she joined NB Publishers under her imprint Melinda Ferguson Books.

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