House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe - Hardcover

Lamb, Christina

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9780007219384: House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007219385 ISBN 13: 9780007219384

Publisher: HarperPress, 2006

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Physical description; xxviii, 290 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Hough, Nigel. Hough family. Farmers - Zimbabwe - Biography. Women domestics - Zimbabwe - Biography. Political violence - Zimbabwe.

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Review:

‘Lamb is a careful observer, and her anguished refrain is the terrible schizophrenia of people who fiercely love their land but do nothing to save it...the strength is in the storytelling...it is a good piece of reportage...her book deserves to be read.’ Daily Telegraph

‘A perceptive account of Zimbabwean history since the colonial days.’ Times Literary Supplement

‘Riveting...Lamb’s book tells a disaster story on a massive scale.’ Daily Mail

'Compelling...Lamb has a remarkable pair of stories to tell, and does so extremely well.’ Spectator

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'Captivating ... It takes great insight and considerable
imaginative powers to describe the unfolding story from both sides, but
this Lamb manages with complete conviction. She is a consummate
storyteller' Sunday Times

One bright morning Nigel Hough, one of the few remaining white farmers in
Mugabe's Zimbabwe, received news he was dreading - a crowd were at the
gates demanding he surrender his home and land. To his horror, his family's
much-loved nanny Aqui was at the head of the violent mob that stole his
homestead and imprisoned him in an outhouse.

By tracing the intertwined lives of Nigel and Aqui - rich and poor, white
and black, master and maid - through intimate and moving interviews,
Christina Lamb captures not just the source of a terrible conflict, but
also her own conviction that there is still hope for one of Africa's most
beautiful countries.

'A poignant portrait of the virtual destruction of Zimbabwe ... Lamb's
achievement is to use this rich tale of the complex and moving relationship
between the two central characters as a route through Zimbabwe's history'
Sunday Telegraph

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