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FAR FROM HOME
Na'ima B Robert
Publication: August 2011
R119.00 Paperback 9781847800060
www.far-from-home.com
Exploring the untold history of Zimbabwe’s land reforms, Far
from Home tells the story of Katie and Tariro, two girls linked
by a terrible secret, grappling with the complexities of
adolescence, family and a painful colonial legacy as their lives
play out against the tragic history of the land in Zimbabwe.
14-year-old Tariro is a daughter of the soil: she loves the
land, the baobab tree she was born beneath, her family - and
brave, handsome Nhamo. She couldn't be happier. But then the
white settlers arrive, and everything changes - suddenly,
violently - robbing Tariro of all that she loves.
Forty years later, 14-year-old Katie adores her doting father,
her exclusive boarding school, and her farm with its baobab tree
in rural Zimbabwe. Life is great. Until the land acquisition
programme forces the family off the land and to cold, rainy
London.
Atmospheric and epic in scope,
Far from Home brings
the turbulent history of Zimbabwe to vivid, tangible life,
challenging the reader to view it with new eyes.
Na’ima B Robert,
born Thando Nomhle McLaren,
is descended from Scottish Highlanders on her father’s side and
the Zulu people on her mother’s side.
She was brought up in Harare, Zimbabwe, and graduated from the
University of London.
Her books include the popular 'From my sisters' lips', and teen
novels, 'From Somalia, with love' and 'Boy vs. Girl'. Na'ima has
also been published in The Times, The Observer and The Muslim
Weekly as well as several online publications, including
AfricaBe.com. She is married to a Ghanaian and has four
children.
For review copies or to arrange an interview, please
contact:
Gugu Mclaren,
Independent Publicity Consultant
E.
gugu.mclaren@gmail.com
T. +27 828957007
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