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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.
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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.
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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.
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