Echoes from a distant land / Frank Coates.
Material type: TextPublication details: Sydney : HarperCollins, 2012Description: 518 p. : map ; 24 cmISBN: 9780732292300 (pbk.); 0732292301 (pbk.)Subject(s): Adultery -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | Life changing events -- Fiction | Twins -- Fiction | Kenya -- FictionDDC classification: A823.4 Summary: During the 1930s, a white English woman has an illicit affair with a black Kenyan businessman, which results in the birth of twins. The fair-skinned girl goes to England with her mother. The boy is dark-skinned and is adopted by a Kikuyu family living in a tribal village. Years later, against the turmoil of Kenya's struggle for independence from Britain, father and son face off across the political divide - and the twins' paths cross, with devastating consequences.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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During the 1930s, a white English woman has an illicit affair with a black Kenyan businessman, which results in the birth of twins. The fair-skinned girl goes to England with her mother. The boy is dark-skinned and is adopted by a Kikuyu family living in a tribal village. Years later, against the turmoil of Kenya's struggle for independence from Britain, father and son face off across the political divide - and the twins' paths cross, with devastating consequences.
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