Where Bones Dance: An English Girlhood, An African WarTerrace Books, 2007-04-01 - 318 psl. In this stunning debut novel, a child dissects the darkness at the heart of her British diplomatic family. Living in Nigeria on the brink of civil war, Anna—also known as Jake—becomes blood brothers with Dave, the Korean American daughter of a C.I.A. operative. They do push-ups, collect pornography, and plot lives of unmarried freedom while around them a country disintegrates. Luscious, terrifying, and raw, Nigeria itself becomes a lesson in endurance, suffering, love. Stories are layered upon stories: Anna's grandmother tells stories about life as a white woman on the Gold Coast; the clairvoyant and closeted "Aunt" Elsie gives Anna a story of transformation to hold onto in the coming tumult of adolescence. Yet Where Bones Dance also spirals down to the stories that are not told—sexual abuse, the myth of benign colonialism, the chaos of postcolonial Africa. Sensual and fantastical by turns, this moving, funny, immensely readable book delivers an understanding of the interplay of sexuality, gender, race, and war that is sophisticated beyond the years of its intrepid narrator. Winner, Georges Bugnet Award for Novel, Alberta Literary Awards, Writers Guild of Alberta Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the American Association of School Librarians and the Public Library Association |
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... Lines 4 Leper Beach 6 Ibeji School 10 Nigger Christine 13 Trips Dave 14 Killings Red 15 Mamba Daniel 19 Woman Relations 21 War Moonflower 25 Soldiers Mrs. Welt 30 Brownies Sister Alice 32 Fever Akueke 35 Twin Blood Brothers 39 Island ...
... Lines 4 Leper Beach 6 Ibeji School 10 Nigger Christine 13 Trips Dave 14 Killings Red 15 Mamba Daniel 19 Woman Relations 21 War Moonflower 25 Soldiers Mrs. Welt 30 Brownies Sister Alice 32 Fever Akueke 35 Twin Blood Brothers 39 Island ...
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... Elsie 208 Underwater 172 Fishing 213 Bath 175 Airplane 216 Mosquito 179 Jigsaw 221 Bill 182 Recipe 225 Secret 186 Lines 227 Belching 189 Twin 229 Isle of Man 192 Prince 232 Story Observer Hole 236 Leaving 238 Ship 239 Cycle IV:
... Elsie 208 Underwater 172 Fishing 213 Bath 175 Airplane 216 Mosquito 179 Jigsaw 221 Bill 182 Recipe 225 Secret 186 Lines 227 Belching 189 Twin 229 Isle of Man 192 Prince 232 Story Observer Hole 236 Leaving 238 Ship 239 Cycle IV:
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... far below, shimmering like it's underwater. There are silver steps, long drop one to one to one. Lagos, Lagos, Lagos, I say. I slip. The metal burns my calf. Lines M® y hands circle Christine's arm , thumbs touching 3 Lagos.
... far below, shimmering like it's underwater. There are silver steps, long drop one to one to one. Lagos, Lagos, Lagos, I say. I slip. The metal burns my calf. Lines M® y hands circle Christine's arm , thumbs touching 3 Lagos.
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... lines on her face , her Ibo lines . She tells how the women cut the child's skin with a knife . They mix mud with the blood . There's earth in her arms , in her face . It is for beauty and strength . It must hurt . " Where do you come ...
... lines on her face , her Ibo lines . She tells how the women cut the child's skin with a knife . They mix mud with the blood . There's earth in her arms , in her face . It is for beauty and strength . It must hurt . " Where do you come ...
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... line down the middle , one nipple on either side , small like seeds . Right after a wave comes in I run into the water and I dive through the one that's curling up and I swim hard before it pulls me back to the beach . I swim , then I'm ...
... line down the middle , one nipple on either side , small like seeds . Right after a wave comes in I run into the water and I dive through the one that's curling up and I swim hard before it pulls me back to the beach . I swim , then I'm ...
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