All That It Ever Meant
All That It Ever Meant
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- Engels - Paperback
WINNER OF THE CHILDREN’S AFRICANA BOOK AWARDS 2024OBSERVER BEST BOOKS OF 2023IRISH TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2023SUNDAY TIMES CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEKAn outstanding YA novel of family love, loss, and life lived between two cultures, by an astonishing, super-stylish new voice. ‘I’m going to tell you exactly how everything happened. Baba always says, Mati mwana’ngu, I love a good story but I don’t have time for a long one, so make it short.’ When Mati and her two siblings travel from London to Zimbabwe with their father, they are forced to confront the knotty family dynamics caused by the loss of their mother.
Along for the trip is Meticais, a fabulously attired gender-neutral spirit — or ghost? or imaginary friend? — who only Mati can see and talk to. Guided by Meticais’s enigmatic advice and wisdom, Mati must come to terms with her grief and with the difficulty of a life lived between two cultures, while her family learn to forge their way in a world without their monumental mother. This is distinctive, stylish, powerful writing by a vital new voice.
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Over de auteur van All That It Ever Meant
Blessing Musariri is a poet, children’s book author, and screenwriter based in Harare, Zimbabwe. She often travels between Zimbabwe and the United States and at the present moment is residing in the United States. She is involved with the Crossing Borders Project, an international creative writing project founded with the British Council and Lancaster University. She has been published in various anthologies and online magazines. She has a master in Diplomatic Studies from the University of Westminster. Her chapbook, Mitu’s Spice Tour, was published in 2017. The poems focus on grief and violence, that have become part of her life. She writes with vivid imagery and wording in her poetry.
Extra details: All That It Ever Meant
| Gewicht | 0,156 kg |
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| Afmetingen | 19,8 × 12,8 × 1,5 cm |
| Pagina's | 208 |
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| Taal | Engels |
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| Uitvoering | Paperback |
