The Cry of the Go-Away Bird

By Andrea Eames

Book Overview

Elise loves the farm that is her home. There is always tea in the silver teapot gin and tonics are served on the veranda and her days are spent listening to stories of spirits and charms told by her nanny Beauty. As a young white girl growing up in Zimbabwe her life is idyllic.

However this dream-world of her childhood cannot last. As Elise gets older her eyes are opened to the complexities of adult life both through the arrival of her step-father and through her growing understanding of the tensions in Zimbabwean society. As the privileged existence of the white farmers begins to crumble into anarchy and farm invasions begin Elise is forced to confront difficult choices and the ancient unforgiving ghosts of the past.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099548488
• ISBN13: 9780099548485
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.8"