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The series tells the story of Tom Niemandt who receives an unexpected call that leads him to the Karoo. While trying to make sense of Merweville, the village in the Karoo, he meets a group of people who change his life irrevocably.
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2017
While Tom waits for Lillie's return, life continues in the small town of Merweville. Births, relationships, unexpected encounters and even a skirmish with the law.
Tom struggles to come to terms with the end of his and Lillie's relationship and throws himself into the planning of Herman and Altus' wedding. Hanli tries to understand Kara's sudden return.
The history and the origin of Bettie's book club is exposed and Tom tries to understand the arrival of his biological father.
Two weeks after Herman's wedding, the couple suddenly have to adjust as newlyweds. Gerwin receives an unexpected visitor for dinner and Tom gets a new research assistant.
While everyone tries to make sense of Kara's suicide attempt, Hanli desperately tries to find answers to help her daughter. Herman discovers what can affect his and Altus' relationship.
With the memory of Isabel and Tom's evening still fresh in his mind, he flees to Pretoria to get to know his grandfather better.
Bennie the Wizard comes to visit the town. As everyone looks forward to the show, Anna sees him for who he really is and wonders why he's here.
It's Jan's funeral. People come from far and wide and all the members of the book club are confronted with the transience of their own existence. Everyone wonders if Lillie is coming back.
It's three months after Anna's disappearance and Sofia is deeply worried about her friend. Altus and Herman take the next step towards parenthood and Isabel's son comes to visit from Pretoria.
Isabel's sudden decision to return to Pretoria suddenly changed everything for her and Tom and they struggle to make sense of it.
It's a week before Kara and Lourens' wedding. However, Lourens is a bulb of nerves because his mother is also coming. Altus spends a lot of time with Adriaan and André has a surprise for his mother.
We experience a day in the life of Hanli, Anna, Gerwin, Herman and Tom. Peace is made, love is discovered, silence is found and a decision is made.
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2021
After the death of a book club member, Tom returns to Merweville, but the reception is cold. Hanli gets an unexpected guest while Kara and Lourens farm in their working life.
Tom is struggling with the news about his book and this leads to an outburst. Hanli treats Piet like a child and it frustrates him.
Tom tries to figure out the mystery of his mother and it takes him on some strange turns. Piet and Sofia starts a friendship that he hides from Hanli.
Tom goes on a journey through his past with Veerman Charon. Vera and Lillie form an unlikely relationship. Julia sees another side of John. Piet helps Sofia make a difficult decision.
The book club hold a concert that results in an almost fiasco. Tom and Sofia make a decision affecting the whole community. John and Julia are crazy in love, leading to problems with Sofia.
A famous writer returns to the village. Tom asks Lillie to read his novel. Piet feels he is not enough of a man for Vera and asks Anna for help.
The book club celebrates Lillie's birthday while John organizes a haunted house for the kids from the village with catastrophic consequences.
Tom and Lillie contemplate their future after the night before. Julia is adamant that John should be locked up and asks Lourens to investigate the assault.
Lillie's parents show up what makes her doubt the future. Hanli gives Lourens an impossible task.
Veerman Charon gives Lourens an impossible choice. Hanli, Tom and the book club interfere in Vera and Piet's relationship. John and Julia make plans for the future.
2016
Tom Niemandt takes an unexpected trip to the Karoo, and meets an electric group of people who change his life forever.
Tom struggles to adapt in Merweville and is drawn to a search for Gert's father. Herman comes to help Gerwin with her home leading to tension between him and Stef.
Tom's friends from the Cape show up, which opens old wounds. Meanwhile the book club holds a variety concert that tests several relationships.
The arrival of a sensual guest turns Tom's world on it's head. Hanli tries to work on her relationship with Johan. Sofia can't get enough of the book Tom gets them to read.
There's a ghost walking in town. Sofia makes money, Tom and Gerwin chase cat evil and Gert gets an unexpected visitor. Lillie and Jan go camping.
In a single day, three of the book club members are confronted with their own lives and sometimes pain full truths. Like all of us, they wish they can sometime see into the future.
It's Sofia's 65th birthday and she finally gets her drivers license. She decides to visit the book club members.
Anna becomes more aware of her impending death. Oblivious to her crisis, life goes on for everyone else and Tom, Herman and Gert decide to take the law into their own hands.
While Anna's life is in the balance, each book club member is confronted with their own humanity. For some it brings liberation, to others insight, but everyone is affected.
It's a difficult time in the town. Anna struggles to make peace with her new heart. Stef and Herman's relationship is off balance and nothing seem to run smooth for Johan and Hanli.
Gerwin fights fiercely on behalf of, and for André but is uncertain about the outcome. Tom and Lillie play cat and mouse games and Sofia also has a plan.
On a day when time stands still and memories flood through Tom, Lillie and Sofia's makes a discovery that can tear the book club apart.
Old love is rekindled, new relationships start, a family tie is bound and Tom must make the biggest decision of his life.
Armand Aucamp
Tom Niemandt
Jana Cilliers
Anna Uys
Nicole Holm
Hanli Oberholzer
June van Merch
Sofia Matthews
Christia Visser
Lillie Human
Karli Heine
Kara
De Klerk Oelofse
Louwrens
Pietie Beyers
John
Nicole Fortuin
Julia
Anrich Herbst
Johan