Sheila Gordon
Sheila Gordon (January 22, 1927, in Johannesburg, South Africa-2013) was an American writer who was born in South Africa. She wrote, among various other publications, Waiting for the Rain, , and .
Waiting for the Rain tells the story of two boys growing up on a farm in South Africa during the Apartheid era. The friendship between the two boys dissipates as they grow older because one of them, who is black, seeks political equality, while the other boy, who is white, wants everything to stay the same.
Sheila lived in Cobble Hill, a small neighborhood in Brooklyn for over fifty years.[citation needed] She died on May 10, 2013, at the age of 86. Her husband of over 60 years, Harley Gordon, died three months later on August 8, 2013. They were survived by their three children and five grandchildren.
External links[]
- Interview
- Sheila Gordon at Library of Congress Authorities, with 6 catalog records
- 1927 births
- 20th-century American novelists
- American women novelists
- South African women novelists
- 2013 deaths
- 20th-century American women writers
- People from Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
- South African emigrants to the United States
- American novelist, 1920s birth stubs