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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... Nigger Christine 13 Trips Dave 14 Killings Red 15 Mamba Daniel 19 Woman Relations 21 War Moonflower 25 Soldiers Mrs. Welt 30 Brownies Sister Alice 32 Fever Akueke 35 Twin Blood Brothers 39 Island Bone 41 Return ix Contents.
... Nigger Christine 13 Trips Dave 14 Killings Red 15 Mamba Daniel 19 Woman Relations 21 War Moonflower 25 Soldiers Mrs. Welt 30 Brownies Sister Alice 32 Fever Akueke 35 Twin Blood Brothers 39 Island Bone 41 Return ix Contents.
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... Aunt Elsie 208 Underwater 172 Fishing 213 Bath 175 Airplane 216 Mosquito 179 Jigsaw 221 Bill 182 Recipe 225 Secret 186 Lines 227 Belching 189 Twin 229 Isle of Man 192 Prince 232 Story Observer Hole 236 Leaving 238 Ship 239 Cycle IV:
... Aunt Elsie 208 Underwater 172 Fishing 213 Bath 175 Airplane 216 Mosquito 179 Jigsaw 221 Bill 182 Recipe 225 Secret 186 Lines 227 Belching 189 Twin 229 Isle of Man 192 Prince 232 Story Observer Hole 236 Leaving 238 Ship 239 Cycle IV:
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... twins came into my mind with names — Ibejis — I would later check and find accurate . In this way writing returned memory to me , and yet it was vital to me that I did not have to make what I was writing objec- tively true . In writing ...
... twins came into my mind with names — Ibejis — I would later check and find accurate . In this way writing returned memory to me , and yet it was vital to me that I did not have to make what I was writing objec- tively true . In writing ...
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... twin sister , Caroline , is in my class . She is Oriental . I run into her arm . She doesn't let go . It's like her arm stretches and stretches and then it just snaps back in place and I fall over and all her team laughs at me . When it ...
... twin sister , Caroline , is in my class . She is Oriental . I run into her arm . She doesn't let go . It's like her arm stretches and stretches and then it just snaps back in place and I fall over and all her team laughs at me . When it ...
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