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Every Secret Thing
Gillian Slovo
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Description for Every Secret Thing
Paperback. *The deeply moving memoir of the Slovo family which also encompasses much of the story of the Apartheid years. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JJPG; BM; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 258.
A passionate witness to the colossal upheaval that has transformed her native South Africa, Gillian Slovo has written a memoir that is far more than a story of her own life. For she is the daughter of Joe Slovo and Ruth First, South Africa's pioneering anti-apartheid white activists, a daughter who always had to come second to political commitment. Whilst recalling the extraordinary events which surrounded her family's persecution and exile, and reconstructing the truth of her parents' relationship and her own turbulent childhood, Gillian Slovo has also created an astonishing portrait of a courageous, beautiful mother and ... Read more
A passionate witness to the colossal upheaval that has transformed her native South Africa, Gillian Slovo has written a memoir that is far more than a story of her own life. For she is the daughter of Joe Slovo and Ruth First, South Africa's pioneering anti-apartheid white activists, a daughter who always had to come second to political commitment. Whilst recalling the extraordinary events which surrounded her family's persecution and exile, and reconstructing the truth of her parents' relationship and her own turbulent childhood, Gillian Slovo has also created an astonishing portrait of a courageous, beautiful mother and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
255g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844085996
SKU
V9781844085996
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About Gillian Slovo
Gillian Slovo recently adapted TIES OF BLOOD, a fictional work about South Africa, into a six part series for the BBC. Since Nelson Mandela's release she has made frequent visits to South Africa (she wrote a piece for the THE GUARDIAN on the run up to the election).
Reviews for Every Secret Thing
A luminous achievement
OBSERVER
Wonderfully moving ... anger, frustration, and the hunger for sharing wash her pages, though they never swamp the admiration for her parents
GUARDIAN
Gillian Slovo has written a brave book, as unsparing of herself as it is of her parents ... a moving testimony
Christopher Hope, INDEPENDENT
An extraordinary expression ... Read more
OBSERVER
Wonderfully moving ... anger, frustration, and the hunger for sharing wash her pages, though they never swamp the admiration for her parents
GUARDIAN
Gillian Slovo has written a brave book, as unsparing of herself as it is of her parents ... a moving testimony
Christopher Hope, INDEPENDENT
An extraordinary expression ... Read more