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Item Information       Booklist Review     More Content     More by this author     Brockes, Emma.     Subjects     Brockes, Pauline Dulcie -- Childhood and youth.     Brockes, Emma -- Family.     Brockes, Emma -- Travel -- South Africa.     Mothers and daughters -- Biography.     Child sexual abuse -- South Africa -- Case studies.     Abusive men -- South Africa -- Case studies.     Fathers -- Violence against -- South Africa -- Case studies.     South Africa -- Biography.     South Africa -- Description and travel.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Brockes, Emma.       by title:      She left me the gun ...       by call number:      921 B8643s     Search the Web     Brockes, Emma.     Brockes, Pauline Dulcie -- Childhood and youth.     Brockes, Emma -- Family.     Brockes, Emma -- Travel -- South Africa.     Mothers and daughters -- Biography.     Child sexual abuse -- South Africa -- Case studies.     Abusive men -- South Africa -- Case studies.     Fathers -- Violence against -- South Africa -- Case studies.     South Africa -- Biography.     South Africa -- Description and travel.       MARC Display

She left me the gun : my mother's life before me / Emma Brockes. by Brockes, Emma. The Penguin Press, c2013. Call #: 921 B8643s Subjects Brockes, Pauline Dulcie -- Childhood and youth.   Brockes, Emma -- Family.   Brockes, Emma -- Travel -- South Africa.   Mothers and daughters -- Biography.   Child sexual abuse -- South Africa -- Case studies.   Abusive men -- South Africa -- Case studies.   Fathers -- Violence against -- South Africa -- Case studies.   South Africa -- Biography.   South Africa -- Description and travel. ISBN:  9780143125365 (pbk.) 9781594204593 (hbk.) 1594204594 (hbk.) Description:  xvi, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes:  Originally published: London : Faber and Faber, 2013. Contents:  If you think that's aggressive then you really haven't lived -- South Africa, 1932-1960 -- Chasing the train -- London, Buckinghamshire, London -- Departure -- At the archive -- A very interesting group Of people -- Friends are like jewels -- Gold jewelry -- Everything that matters -- Hearsay -- Eloff Street On a Saturday morning -- Tony -- Babanango -- Who wears hats To the dentist -- Freedom day -- Afterward. Summary:  "One day I will tell you the story of my life," promises Emma Brockes's mother, "and you will be amazed." Brockes grew up hearing only pieces of her mother's past--stories of a rustic childhood in South Africa, glimpses of a bohemian youth in London--and yet knew that crucial facts were still in the dark. A mystery to her friends and family, Paula was clearly a strong, self-invented woman; glamorous, no-nonsense, and frequently out of place in their quaint English village. Looking to unearth the truth after Paula's death, Brockes begins a dangerous journey into the land--and the life--her mother fled from years before. As she follows her mother's footsteps back to South Africa, Brockes begins to find the wellsprings of her mother's strength, the tremendous endurance which allowed Paula to hide terrible secrets from even her closest friends and family.--From publisher description. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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