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Item Details
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SHIRLEY, GOODNESS AND MERCY
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| By: |
Chris Van Wyk |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£5.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
033054294X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780330542944 |
| Publisher: |
PAN MACMILLAN (DIGITAL) |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2015 |
| Description: |
Shirley, Goodness & Mercy is a heart-warmingly honest story about a young boy growing up in the coloured township of Riverlea in Johannesburg, South Africa during the apartheid era. |
| Synopsis: |
Despite Van Wyk's later becoming involved in the anti-apartheid 'struggle', this is not a book about racial politics. Instead, it is a delightful account of one boy's special relationship with the relatives, friends and neighbours - often decidedly quirky - who made up his community, and of the important coping role laughter and humour played during the years he spent in bleak, dusty townships. In Shirley, Goodness & Mercy, Chris van Wyk has created a truly remarkable record of life in the Coloured community at once both informative and vastly entertaining. 'A lovely book; well told and beautifully executed' Cape Times 'Well worth waiting for, this is a memoir not to miss' Sunday Independent 'Van Wyk's strength is to look at the world as if with the innocent eyes of a child and to convey this hopeful vision to others' Sowetan 'An authentic and important contribution to South African literature; it is also an entertaining social document of a specific community.' Mail and Guardian |
| Reader Age: |
From 18 years |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Picador |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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