Die geskenk, well-known author Riette Rust’s moving true story, is startlingly honest and full of humanity. From her childhood in Paarl, where her father hides whiskey bottles in the hallway cupboard, to her marriage to JD, the unplanned pregnancy and happy family years, to the morning when Riette found her husband’s lifeless body in their kitchen, and her whole world shattered. Marlene le Roux talks to Riette about how one learns to fully live again after the unthinkable happens.