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, Annaalso known as Jakebecomes 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 toldsexual 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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An English Girlhood, An African War Nina Newington. For all the anonymous saviors, and in particular Christine, whose last name I do not know Any sorrow can be borne if a story can be.
An English Girlhood, An African War Nina Newington. For all the anonymous saviors, and in particular Christine, whose last name I do not know Any sorrow can be borne if a story can be.
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... can be borne if a story can be told about it. Isak Dinesen Some events do take place but are not true; others are although they never occurred. Elie Wiesel Contents Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv Cycle I: Good Snake x.
... can be borne if a story can be told about it. Isak Dinesen Some events do take place but are not true; others are although they never occurred. Elie Wiesel Contents Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv Cycle I: Good Snake x.
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... Help 111 Trousers 113 Mask 115 House 117 Cycle III: The Mother 159 Eye 162 Beggar 163 Facts 167 Ile Ibenu 170 Underwater 172 Bath 175 Mosquito 179 Bill 182 Secret 186 Belching 189 Isle of Man 192 Story 236 Leaving 244 C o n t e n.
... Help 111 Trousers 113 Mask 115 House 117 Cycle III: The Mother 159 Eye 162 Beggar 163 Facts 167 Ile Ibenu 170 Underwater 172 Bath 175 Mosquito 179 Bill 182 Secret 186 Belching 189 Isle of Man 192 Story 236 Leaving 244 C o n t e n.
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An English Girlhood, An African War Nina Newington. Story 236 Leaving 244 C o n t e n t s Observer 238 Ship 247 Hole 239 Cycle IV: Harvest of Ghosts Beach 253 Oil 278 Harbor 256 Under 281 Pole 258 Fancy Dress 283 Death 263 Eye 287 ...
An English Girlhood, An African War Nina Newington. Story 236 Leaving 244 C o n t e n t s Observer 238 Ship 247 Hole 239 Cycle IV: Harvest of Ghosts Beach 253 Oil 278 Harbor 256 Under 281 Pole 258 Fancy Dress 283 Death 263 Eye 287 ...
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... stories my mother told, but these were far from being direct recollections of my own experiences. The first time I wrote ... story I ever got published and it contained the germ of this book. I made a list then of incidents, things, and ...
... stories my mother told, but these were far from being direct recollections of my own experiences. The first time I wrote ... story I ever got published and it contained the germ of this book. I made a list then of incidents, things, and ...
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