As a small child in wintry Bremen, Hanna dreams about escaping from years of abuse in the orphanage and in service. She joins a shipload of young women transported in the early years of the 20th century to the colony of South-West Africa to assuage the needs of the male settlers.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. red cloth, 311 pages, with Commonwealth Writers prize sticker on front of d.j. A young German girl, in an attempt to escape years of abuse in a Bremen orphanage, joins on eof the shiploads of young women transported in the early years of the twentieth century to the colony of German South-West Africa to assuage the needs of the male settlers. More horrors await. Size: 8 Vo., Seller Inventory # 123694
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