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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... mother told, but these were far from being direct recollections of my own experiences. The first time I wrote about Nigeria the story startled me with its immediacy. It came from an unknown place inside myself. It was the first short ...
... mother told, but these were far from being direct recollections of my own experiences. The first time I wrote about Nigeria the story startled me with its immediacy. It came from an unknown place inside myself. It was the first short ...
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... mother is fussing at him now , she'll have to cut the gum out of his hair but soon we eat ginger biscuits and the creek is wide grey green and the jungle on the right side is thick and purple and black . Faces look out at me . I see ...
... mother is fussing at him now , she'll have to cut the gum out of his hair but soon we eat ginger biscuits and the creek is wide grey green and the jungle on the right side is thick and purple and black . Faces look out at me . I see ...
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... mother says , " Little monkey . " " " My father " Later . " says , Now the sand is hot and there aren't any more roots and prickly leaves and the ocean makes all the noise . I can see forever . " See that canoe , it's full of fish , let ...
... mother says , " Little monkey . " " " My father " Later . " says , Now the sand is hot and there aren't any more roots and prickly leaves and the ocean makes all the noise . I can see forever . " See that canoe , it's full of fish , let ...
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... mother , " says Helen , " Mrs. Lee . " " Oh , ” I say , " Hello . My name is Anna Stevenson , " and I duck my head . " You're Jack Stevenson's daughter . " " Yes . " " You're welcome to come over after school one afternoon . Ask your mother ...
... mother , " says Helen , " Mrs. Lee . " " Oh , ” I say , " Hello . My name is Anna Stevenson , " and I duck my head . " You're Jack Stevenson's daughter . " " Yes . " " You're welcome to come over after school one afternoon . Ask your mother ...
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... mother's knee . His thing is sticking out . It is bright pink and glistening . At the end there is a little blob of yellow stuff . My mother is rubbing him in between his ears . “ You devil of a dog , " she says , " you know why I ...
... mother's knee . His thing is sticking out . It is bright pink and glistening . At the end there is a little blob of yellow stuff . My mother is rubbing him in between his ears . “ You devil of a dog , " she says , " you know why I ...
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