Bibliograph

House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe, The True Story of a Family Divided in War, Christina Lamb

Type

Label

House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe, The True Story of a Family Divided in War, Christina Lamb

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Christina Lamb

Sub title

The True Story of a Family Divided in War

Summary

A powerful and intensely human insight into the civil war in Zimbabwe, focusing on a white farmer and his maid who find themselves on opposing sides. One bright morning Nigel Hough, one of the few remaining white farmers in Mugabe's Zimbabwe, received the news he was dreading - a crowd were at the gate demanding he surrender his home and land. To his horror, his family's much-loved nanny Aqui was at the head of the violent mob that then stole his homestead and imprisoned him in an outhouse By tracing the intertwined lives of Nigel and Aqui - rich and poor, white and black, master and maid - through intimate and moving interviews, Christina Lamb captures not just the source of a terrible conflict, but also her own conviction that there is still hope for one of Africa's most beautiful countries

Target audience

adult

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