"Beattie explores our humanity in its beauty and brokenness through
women's voices. Fictional voices of the marginalised have been
inserted in the recorded history of the country, not to create an
alternative history but to add to its rich, multi-faceted texture."
(Chiedza Musengezi, Zimbabwean poet and author) "Msasa trees
provided dappled shade for Jenny's tea party. April sunshine
dribbled through the leaves onto suntanned arms. The frangipanis
were in bloom ..." This is the scene that greets Scottish doctor
Morag soon after her arrival in Salisbury in the 1950s. Jenny is an
English wife and mother trapped in an increasingly violent marriage
and secretly in love with another man. Soon, Beatrice will come to
work as Jenny's maid and nanny to her children. Over the next
twenty years these three women will form deep bonds of affection,
but can their loyalty to one another survive as the facade of white
suburban life is shattered by war? In a novel that moves from the
Firth of Clyde in Scotland to pre-independence Zimbabwe (then
Rhodesia), from the illusory idyll of colonial privilege to the
traumas of guerrilla war, Beattie explores the hidden lives and
untold stories of those caught up in the dying years of white rule
in Africa. "Rhodesia is sleep-walking towards its devastating civil
war. Three women become entangled in that war and in relationships
that harbour the seeds of tragedy. With great sensitivity and
insight, Tina Beattie tells a haunting story of love and war that
will long linger in the mind." (Kay Powell, author of Then a Wind
Blew). "A compelling and captivating read. The story is a
fascinating weave of black and white characters. I loved it despite
scenes that deeply disturbed me, having been through those times.
Tina Beattie has captured an essence of the time with precise and
knowledgeable detail." (Angus Shaw, Zimbabwean writer and war
correspondent)
General
Imprint: |
Christabel Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2022 |
Authors: |
Tina Beattie
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 138 x 38mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
456 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-73997-441-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-73997-441-7 |
Barcode: |
9781739974411 |
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