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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... brown tunnel . The trees are re- flected in the water . There's no sky . " Look , " says Bill , " there's a crocodile . " “ Another one , ” I say . “ You're always seeing crocodiles . ” His mouth moves like a cow chewing cud , but. 6 Beach.
... brown tunnel . The trees are re- flected in the water . There's no sky . " Look , " says Bill , " there's a crocodile . " “ Another one , ” I say . “ You're always seeing crocodiles . ” His mouth moves like a cow chewing cud , but. 6 Beach.
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An English Girlhood, An African War Nina Newington. His mouth moves like a cow chewing cud , but fast now . He is so excited he stands up and blows a big pink bubble like a cartoon character about to say something , and the wind blows it ...
An English Girlhood, An African War Nina Newington. His mouth moves like a cow chewing cud , but fast now . He is so excited he stands up and blows a big pink bubble like a cartoon character about to say something , and the wind blows it ...
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... moves the walls quiver like in an earthquake . My belly heaves . I can't move . I'm going to be sick . Stop looking . I make my eyes go up . There's a kite turning figures of eight over and over . Look at the sea . It's like skin moving ...
... moves the walls quiver like in an earthquake . My belly heaves . I can't move . I'm going to be sick . Stop looking . I make my eyes go up . There's a kite turning figures of eight over and over . Look at the sea . It's like skin moving ...
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... moving . I can feel the sweat on the side of my nose . I feel my hand begin to go but I breathe and push her back . " One . Two . Three . " At ten it will be a draw . " Eight . " Her hand goes . " I won , " I say . She is turned around ...
... moving . I can feel the sweat on the side of my nose . I feel my hand begin to go but I breathe and push her back . " One . Two . Three . " At ten it will be a draw . " Eight . " Her hand goes . " I won , " I say . She is turned around ...
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... moving up and down only it feels like water hitting the side of a boat and she is a sailor looking far away at the ... moves . " I think I'm going to cry . I look at her very seriously . I say , " What happened to you when you were born ...
... moving up and down only it feels like water hitting the side of a boat and she is a sailor looking far away at the ... moves . " I think I'm going to cry . I look at her very seriously . I say , " What happened to you when you were born ...
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