Flower Plantation, The - Softcover

Nora Anne Brown

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846883156 ISBN 13: 9781846883156

Publisher: Alma Books Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

Arthur Baptiste knows little of Rwanda's past and is unaware of its emerging troubles. He lives with his half-Tutsi, half-Belgian father and English mother on a flower plantation, where he talks to no one - not even the butterflies he avidly collects. Beni, the cook's granddaughter, is a child much like Arthur, but one who lives in a world far different from his own. Their friendship will take them from innocent adventures to dangerous encounters and on towards dark revelations. As the years pass and conflicts erupt outside the plantation, Arthur comes to realize that the safe haven of his childhood and the entire country around it is about to be torn apart.

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Review:

'This exceptional debut novelist brings out the innocence of childhood in a beautiful way that makes the oncoming threat of war even more terrible... it is a book that will reward you in plenty.' --Yorkshire Gazette

'Nora Anne Brown sympathetically tells this poignant and harrowing tale of lives torn apart and families destroyed.' --The Good Book Guide

About the Author:

Nora Anne Brown studied composing at the Royal Academy of Music. In 2010 a trip to Rwanda gave her the inspiration for her first novel, The Flower Plantation, and her passion for Africa. Nora lives near St Andrews in Scotland with her husband. The Flower Plantation is Nora's first novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1846883156
• ISBN 13: 9781846883156
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300