Book
Another woman's daughter
Record details
- ISBN: 0425281043 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9780425281048 (paperback)
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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"-- |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Birthmothers Fiction Adoptees Fiction Racially mixed people Fiction Family secrets Fiction South Africa Fiction England Fiction |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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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 | - |
| North Branch - Bridgeport | FIC SUSSMAN (Text) | 34000081137267 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
