Nature Lessons - Brossura

Brasfield, Lynette

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0312310366 ISBN 13: 9780312310363

Casa editrice: Griffin, 1900

Riassunto

A first-rate, beautifully-written novel about an emigre living in the States who goes back to her native South Africa to look for her missing mother--a fictional debut that will be a draw both to critics and to readers of fine, accessible fiction Set against a backdrop of South Africa's troubled history, natural beauty, and complex contemporary society, "Nature Lessons" is a riveting story of a forty-year-old woman, Kate Jensen, struggling to come to terms with the legacy of growing up with a mentally ill mother--including an inability to form long-term, committed relationships--and the guilt she feels as a white person who grew up during the apartheid era. Leavened with humor and full of wisdom gained from a childhood where nature's lessons were all too visible to ignore, Lynette Brasfield has written a heartbreaking but ultimately affirming novel about growing up in the shadow of mental illness.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Griffin
• Data di pubblicazione: 1900
• ISBN 10: 0312310366
• ISBN 13: 9780312310363
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 275