Letters from the LEVER ARCH FILE
The two of us became unlikely friends in high school – and we’ve been writing to each other ever since. But it wasn’t until recently that we realised our scribbled notes and heartfelt letters had the potential to be a novel.
The year was 1985. The place was Pinelands High School, Cape Town. More specifically, Mrs Gammon’s Standard 7 maths class. At the end of the lesson, one of us (the popular one) strode to the back where the withdrawn-and running-late new one was stuffing books into her bag. ‘Hi,’ the confident one said. ‘He asked me to give you this.’
So it started: with a note. The note didn’t lead to a high-school romance (the boy wasn’t kind).
