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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... takes its name from the Memorial Union Terrace , located at the University of Wisconsin - Madison . Since its inception in 1907 , the Wisconsin Union has provided a venue for students , faculty , staff , and alumni to debate art , music ...
... takes its name from the Memorial Union Terrace , located at the University of Wisconsin - Madison . Since its inception in 1907 , the Wisconsin Union has provided a venue for students , faculty , staff , and alumni to debate art , music ...
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... An African War Nina Newington. Any sorrow 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 xiii XV 44 45 50 53 56 59 62 64.
... An African War Nina Newington. Any sorrow 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 xiii XV 44 45 50 53 56 59 62 64.
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... take the rope and tie it up on the jetty . We get out and my father passes things and the people take the things on their heads , the red and white ice bucket and the food chest and the towels and the water and then we walk down the ...
... take the rope and tie it up on the jetty . We get out and my father passes things and the people take the things on their heads , the red and white ice bucket and the food chest and the towels and the water and then we walk down the ...
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... take off my shirt and I run down to the water and a wave comes up to my knees . It sucks at my feet and all the sand goes out from under my heels . I wait . I look down at my chest , the bony line down the middle , one nipple on either ...
... take off my shirt and I run down to the water and a wave comes up to my knees . It sucks at my feet and all the sand goes out from under my heels . I wait . I look down at my chest , the bony line down the middle , one nipple on either ...
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... takes baggy white trousers and a jacket . I feel them and they are thick and soft . “ This is a ghi , ” she says . “ Dad says it's part of our heritage . Well , Tae Kwon Do is , but Judo is what they teach here . ” I feel my face get ...
... takes baggy white trousers and a jacket . I feel them and they are thick and soft . “ This is a ghi , ” she says . “ Dad says it's part of our heritage . Well , Tae Kwon Do is , but Judo is what they teach here . ” I feel my face get ...
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