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Another woman's daughter  Cover Image Book Book

Another woman's daughter

Sussman, Fiona (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0425281043 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 9780425281048 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 293 pages ; 21 cm
    print
  • Edition: Berkley trade paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Berkley Books, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes discussion questions (pages 291-293).
"Previously published in the UK as Shifting Colours by Allison & Busby / May 2014" -- Verso title page.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-288).
Summary, etc.: "Set against the tumultuous background of apartheid South Africa, a powerful and moving debut about family, sacrifice, and discovering what it means to belong... Celia Mphephu knows her place in the world. A black servant working in the white suburbs of 1960s Johannesburg, she's all too aware of her limitations. Nonetheless, she has found herself a comfortable corner: She has a job, can support her faraway family, and is raising her youngest child, Miriam. But as racial tensions explode, Celia's world shifts. Her employers decide to flee the political turmoil and move to England--and they ask to adopt Miriam and take her with them. Devastated at the prospect of losing her only daughter, yet unable to deny her child a safer and more promising future, Celia agrees, forever defining both their futures. As Celia fights against the shattering violence of her time, Miriam battles the quiet racism of England, struggling to find her place in a land to which she doesn't belong--until the call of her heritage inexorably draws her back to Africa to discover the truth behind her mother's choices and uncover a heartbreaking secret from long ago... READERS GUIDE INSIDE"--
Subject: Birthmothers Fiction
Adoptees Fiction
Racially mixed people Fiction
Family secrets Fiction
South Africa Fiction
England Fiction
Genre: Domestic fiction.

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at Bibliomation.

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Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport FIC SUSSMAN (Text) 34000081137242 Adult Fiction Available -
Newfield Branch - Bridgeport FIC SUSSMAN (Text) 34000081137259 Adult Fiction Available -
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250 . ‡aBerkley trade paperback edition.
264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bBerkley Books, ‡c2015.
300 . ‡a293 pages ; ‡c21 cm
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500 . ‡aIncludes discussion questions (pages 291-293).
500 . ‡a"Previously published in the UK as Shifting Colours by Allison & Busby / May 2014" -- Verso title page.
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 287-288).
520 . ‡a"Set against the tumultuous background of apartheid South Africa, a powerful and moving debut about family, sacrifice, and discovering what it means to belong... Celia Mphephu knows her place in the world. A black servant working in the white suburbs of 1960s Johannesburg, she's all too aware of her limitations. Nonetheless, she has found herself a comfortable corner: She has a job, can support her faraway family, and is raising her youngest child, Miriam. But as racial tensions explode, Celia's world shifts. Her employers decide to flee the political turmoil and move to England--and they ask to adopt Miriam and take her with them. Devastated at the prospect of losing her only daughter, yet unable to deny her child a safer and more promising future, Celia agrees, forever defining both their futures. As Celia fights against the shattering violence of her time, Miriam battles the quiet racism of England, struggling to find her place in a land to which she doesn't belong--until the call of her heritage inexorably draws her back to Africa to discover the truth behind her mother's choices and uncover a heartbreaking secret from long ago... READERS GUIDE INSIDE"-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
650 0. ‡aBirthmothers ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aAdoptees ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aRacially mixed people ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aFamily secrets ‡vFiction.
651 0. ‡aSouth Africa ‡vFiction.
651 0. ‡aEngland ‡vFiction.
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