Hum if you don't know the words
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Published
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2017.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
420 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Uintah County Library - Fiction - Second Floor
F MARAIS
1 available

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Uintah County Library - Fiction - Second FloorF MARAISAvailable

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

More Details

Published
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2017.
Language
English

Notes

Description
"Life under Apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a ten-year-old white girl living with her parents in 1970s Johannesburg. In the same nation but worlds apart, Beauty Mbali, a Xhosa woman in a rural village in the Bantu homeland of the Transkei, struggles to raise her children alone after her husband's death. Both lives have been built upon the division of race, and their meeting should never have occurred. Until the Soweto Uprising, in which a protest by black students ignites racial conflict, alters the fault lines on which their society is built, and shatters their worlds when Robin's parents are left dead and Beauty's daughter goes missing. After Robin is sent to live with her loving but irresponsible aunt, Beauty is hired to care for Robin while continuing the search for her daughter. In Beauty, Robin finds the security and family that she craves, and the two forge an inextricable bond through their deep personal losses. But Robin knows that if Beauty finds her daughter, Robin could lose her new caretaker forever, so she makes a desperate decision with devastating consequences. Her quest to make amends and find redemption is a journey of self-discovery in which she learns the harsh truths of the society that once promised her protection."--

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Marais, B. (2017). Hum if you don't know the words . G.P. Putnam's Sons.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Marais, Bianca, 1976-. 2017. Hum If You Don't Know the Words. G.P. Putnam's Sons.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Marais, Bianca, 1976-. Hum If You Don't Know the Words G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Marais, Bianca. Hum If You Don't Know the Words G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2017.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.