SHIRLEY, GOODNESS AND MERCY by Chris Van Wyk ( 9780330542944 )

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SHIRLEY, GOODNESS AND MERCY

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Electronic book text

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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

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Imprint:

Picador

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Non-returnable

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