Tzarina and Jaynab are the daughters of a successful Muslim confectioner, Osman Mithaiwala, whose House of Burfee has become a sensation in Johannesburg.

When Tzarina breaks with tradition to run her father’s business empire, she transforms the brand with modern innovations while honouring her family’s heritage recipes. In the meantime, her younger sister Jaynab’s messy marriage forces her to re-evaluate her life and forge her own path.

Their mother, Djamila, worries about their futures while tending to her own demons. And then a family secret surfaces that will test Osman’s relationship with his daughters.

The Burfee Seller’s Daughters traverses the delicate balance between family expectations and personal dreams. This is a love story of how the sweetness of forgiveness – much like burfee – can bring people together in celebration of what truly matters.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Shafinaaz Hassim is an independent sociologist and author based in Johannesburg. Her works have been commended in various local and international awards, including the SALA K Sello Duiker Award, the UJ Prize for Creative Writing in English and the Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature. In 2014, she was listed by UNESCO and the London Book Fair as one of the Top 39 authors in Africa under the age of 40. She presents a popular online book review show called BookBytes, and she is also the Curator of the Time of the Writer Festival at the Centre for Creative Arts, UKZN.

'The Burfee Seller's Daughters' is published by Jonathan Ball Publishers