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A deeply affecting memoir of life in Rhodesia / Zimbabwe in the 1970s and 1980s, evoking the author's coming of age alongside the final, brutal years of civil war and the country's political transition during the early years of independence.
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Lovingly recalled ... St John powerfully conveys the implosion of her moral world, her complex disillusionment and her hard decision to leave this snake-rich Eden {Zimbabwe] (Sunday Times)
Highly evocative ... a world of striking colours and childhood experiences ... a beautifully written book (Daily Express)
Engrossing ... wonderfully told in a haunting, lyrical prose, full of pathos and humour (Irish Independent)
St John's disarming frankness triumphs (Financial Times)
Astonishingly evocative and wonderfully well written. It has two other qualities – humour and a lack of pretension... Rainbow's End is precise, evocative and funny (Daily Mail)
A most generous and wise book.' Lisa Fugard, author of Skinner's Drift
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Highly evocative ... a world of striking colours and childhood experiences ... a beautifully written book (Daily Express)
Engrossing ... wonderfully told in a haunting, lyrical prose, full of pathos and humour (Irish Independent)
St John's disarming frankness triumphs (Financial Times)
Astonishingly evocative and wonderfully well written. It has two other qualities – humour and a lack of pretension... Rainbow's End is precise, evocative and funny (Daily Mail)
A most generous and wise book.' Lisa Fugard, author of Skinner's Drift
A captivating and haunting memoir by celebrated children's author Lauren St John about her childhood spent in rural Africa.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0141024607
- ISBN 13 9780141024608
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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