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The cry of the go-away bird / Andrea Eames.
- Title
- The cry of the go-away bird / Andrea Eames.
- Author
- Eames, Andrea
- Publication
- London : Harvill Secker, 2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PR9390.9.E26 C79 2011 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 297 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "Elise loves the farm that is her home; she loves playing with beetles and chameleons in the garden, buying sweets from the village shop and listening to the stories of spirits and charms told by her nanny, Beauty. As a young white girl in 1990s Zimbabwe, her life is idyllic. Her clothes are always clean and ironed, there is always tea in the silver teapot, gin and tonics are served on the veranda, and, in theory at least, black and white live in harmony. However this dream-world of her childhood cannot last. As Elise gets older, her eyes are opened to the complexities of adult existence, both through the changes wrought in her family by the arrival of her step-father Steve, and through her growing understanding of the tensions in Zimbabwean society. As Mugabe's presidency turns sour, the privileged world of the white farmers begins to crumble into anarchy"--From publisher description.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Fiction
- History
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9781846553738 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2010551907
- OCLC
- 670473694
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library