Entra in un mondo di storie
Narrativa
Mission-raised Ellie Amadi expects to live a dream life when she and her son Nat leave home in West Africa to join her white, estate factor, husband James in the Fife mining village of Hollyburn. In 1966 Fife, mixed marriages are unusual, never mind interracial ones, and Ellie soon witnesses the villagers' ignorance of outsiders. Ellie struggles to adapt to her new life and rebels against her husband's pressure on her to conform. When she is accused of neglecting her baby, and subjected to an allegation of witchcraft, Ellie questions her ability to go on living among white faces. The story draws on deep parallels between the cultures of West Africa and Scotland. Each chapter ends with a vernacular 'party line' telephone conversation between two village women, tracking the initial animosity towards Ellie and gradually, a grudging acceptance of her. When Nat is abducted by the school bully and nearly drowns, Ellie is stunned by the hostility she receives from an African male doctor. It is only then she realises that prejudice of incomers exists everywhere, and acceptance grows if nurtured by familiarity. This novel cleverly explores historical racial prejudice in Scotland and may raise some difficult cultural issues, perhaps still applicable 45 years later.
© 2012 Fledgling Press (Ebook): 9781905916467
Data di uscita
Ebook: 2 aprile 2012
Tag
Più di 400.000 titoli
Kids Mode (accesso sicuro per bambini)
Scarica e ascolta offline
Disdici quando vuoi
Per te che non sei un avido ascoltatore.
1 account
10 ore/mese
Disdici quando vuoi
La scelta migliore per 1 utente. Ascolta e leggi quanto vuoi.
1 account
Ascolto illimitato
Disdici quando vuoi
12 mesi al prezzo di 9. Ascolta e leggi quanto vuoi.
1 account
Ascolto illimitato
Disdici quando vuoi
Storie per tutta la famiglia. Entrate insieme in un mondo di storie.
2 account
Ascolto illimitato
Disdici quando vuoi
Italiano
Italia