She left me the gun, my mother's life before me, Emma Brockes
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She left me the gun, my mother's life before me, Emma Brockes
Language
eng
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
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illustrations
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
She left me the gun
Oclc number
816316779
Responsibility statement
Emma Brockes
Sub title
my mother's life before me
Summary
"One day I will tell you the story of my life, " promises Emma Brockes's mother, "and you will be amazed." Brockes grew up hearing only pieces of her mother's past--stories of a rustic childhood in South Africa, glimpses of a bohemian youth in London--and yet knew that crucial facts were still in the dark. A mystery to her friends and family, Paula was clearly a strong, self-invented woman; glamorous, no-nonsense, and frequently out of place in their quaint English village. Looking to unearth the truth after Paula's death, Brockes begins a dangerous journey into the land--and the life--her mother fled from years before. As she follows her mother's footsteps back to South Africa, Brockes begins to find the wellsprings of her mother's strength, the tremendous endurance which allowed Paula to hide terrible secrets from even her closest friends and family.--From publisher descriptionDocuments the author's investigation into a shattering childhood trauma in South Africa, tracing the discovery of her grandfather's abuse of her mother, which compelled her mother's unsuccessful attempt to kill him before fleeing the country
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- Biographies
- South Africa
- South Africa -- Description and travel
- Mothers and daughters
- Child sexual abuse -- South Africa -- Case studies
- Fathers + Violence against -- South Africa -- Case studies
- Brockes, Emma -- Family
- Travel
- Mothers and daughters -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs^TRUE CRIME / General
- Abusive men -- South Africa -- Case studies
- Brockes, Pauline Dulcie
- Brockes, Emma
- South Africa -- Biography
- Abusive men
- Brockes, Pauline Dulcie -- Childhood and youth
- Case studies
- Families
- Brockes, Emma -- Travel -- South Africa
- Child sexual abuse
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- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject20
- Biographies
- South Africa
- South Africa -- Description and travel
- Mothers and daughters
- Child sexual abuse -- South Africa -- Case studies
- Fathers + Violence against -- South Africa -- Case studies
- Brockes, Emma -- Family
- Travel
- Mothers and daughters -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs^TRUE CRIME / General
- Abusive men -- South Africa -- Case studies
- Brockes, Pauline Dulcie
- Brockes, Emma
- South Africa -- Biography
- Abusive men
- Brockes, Pauline Dulcie -- Childhood and youth
- Case studies
- Families
- Brockes, Emma -- Travel -- South Africa
- Child sexual abuse
- Content1
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