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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... 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 me see ...
... 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 me see ...
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... says Matthew and the two girls on my bench say it too . They will say it over and over . " Tomahto . Doo yew have a butler . " I don't know the girls ' names , only Matthew's . We're in the clever half of third grade . He's top of the ...
... says Matthew and the two girls on my bench say it too . They will say it over and over . " Tomahto . Doo yew have a butler . " I don't know the girls ' names , only Matthew's . We're in the clever half of third grade . He's top of the ...
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... says , “ Hey , you think you're tough . " I grin and say , " Yeah , reckon I am , ” like the man in ' The Virginian . ' That's how come I'm here with her now , holding her hand , our elbows on the table . " Ready ? " " Mmhmm . " Neither ...
... says , “ Hey , you think you're tough . " I grin and say , " Yeah , reckon I am , ” like the man in ' The Virginian . ' That's how come I'm here with her now , holding her hand , our elbows on the table . " Ready ? " " Mmhmm . " Neither ...
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... says , " Do know Judo ? " you She sticks out her hand and I shake it hard. " No , " I say . I will never catch up ... says . “ Dad says it's part of our heritage . Well , Tae Kwon Do is , but Judo is what they teach here . ” I feel my ...
... says , " Do know Judo ? " you She sticks out her hand and I shake it hard. " No , " I say . I will never catch up ... says . “ Dad says it's part of our heritage . Well , Tae Kwon Do is , but Judo is what they teach here . ” I feel my ...
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... say . " Who made it flat ? ” She is still looking at me . She doesn't smile . " Say that again , ” she says , " I'll sit on your face and I'll squash it good . " I look down . “ Yeah , ” I say , “ Yeah , Dave . ” " Jake , " she says ...
... say . " Who made it flat ? ” She is still looking at me . She doesn't smile . " Say that again , ” she says , " I'll sit on your face and I'll squash it good . " I look down . “ Yeah , ” I say , “ Yeah , Dave . ” " Jake , " she says ...
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