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The Resource Hum if you don't know the words, Bianca Marais
Hum if you don't know the words, Bianca Marais
Resource Information
The item Hum if you don't know the words, Bianca Marais represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Hum if you don't know the words, Bianca Marais represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- "Perfect for readers of The Secret Life of Bees and The Help, a perceptive and searing look at Apartheid-era South Africa, told through one unique family brought together by tragedy. Life under Apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a ten-year-old white girl living with her parents in 1970s Johannesburg. In the same nation but worlds apart, Beauty Mbali, a Xhosa woman in a rural village in the Bantu homeland of the Transkei, struggles to raise her children alone after her husband's death. Both lives have been built upon the division of race, and their meeting should never have occurred. Until the Soweto Uprising, in which a protest by black students ignites racial conflict, alters the fault lines on which their society is built, and shatters their worlds when Robin's parents are left dead and Beauty's daughter goes missing. After Robin is sent to live with her loving but irresponsible aunt, Beauty is hired to care for Robin while continuing the search for her daughter. In Beauty, Robin finds the security and family that she craves, and the two forge an inextricable bond through their deep personal losses. But Robin knows that if Beauty finds her daughter, Robin could lose her new caretaker forever, so she makes a desperate decision with devastating consequences. Her quest to make amends and find redemption is a journey of self-discovery in which she learns the harsh truths of the society that once promised her protection. Told through Beauty and Robin's alternating perspectives, the interwoven narratives create a rich and complex tapestry of the emotions and tensions at the heart of Apartheid-era South Africa. Hum if You Don't Know the Words is a beautifully rendered look at loss, racism, and the creation of family"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Isbn
- 9780399575075
- Label
- Hum if you don't know the words
- Title
- Hum if you don't know the words
- Statement of responsibility
- Bianca Marais
- Subject
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- Apartheid -- South Africa -- Fiction
- Electronic books
- FICTION -- Coming of Age
- FICTION -- Family Life
- FICTION -- Literary
- Families
- Families -- South Africa -- Fiction
- Fiction
- 1961-1994
- South Africa
- South Africa -- History -- 1961-1994 -- Fiction
- South Africa -- History -- Soweto Uprising, 1976 -- Fiction
- Soweto Uprising (South Africa : 1976)
- History
- Apartheid
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Perfect for readers of The Secret Life of Bees and The Help, a perceptive and searing look at Apartheid-era South Africa, told through one unique family brought together by tragedy. Life under Apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a ten-year-old white girl living with her parents in 1970s Johannesburg. In the same nation but worlds apart, Beauty Mbali, a Xhosa woman in a rural village in the Bantu homeland of the Transkei, struggles to raise her children alone after her husband's death. Both lives have been built upon the division of race, and their meeting should never have occurred. Until the Soweto Uprising, in which a protest by black students ignites racial conflict, alters the fault lines on which their society is built, and shatters their worlds when Robin's parents are left dead and Beauty's daughter goes missing. After Robin is sent to live with her loving but irresponsible aunt, Beauty is hired to care for Robin while continuing the search for her daughter. In Beauty, Robin finds the security and family that she craves, and the two forge an inextricable bond through their deep personal losses. But Robin knows that if Beauty finds her daughter, Robin could lose her new caretaker forever, so she makes a desperate decision with devastating consequences. Her quest to make amends and find redemption is a journey of self-discovery in which she learns the harsh truths of the society that once promised her protection. Told through Beauty and Robin's alternating perspectives, the interwoven narratives create a rich and complex tapestry of the emotions and tensions at the heart of Apartheid-era South Africa. Hum if You Don't Know the Words is a beautifully rendered look at loss, racism, and the creation of family"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1976-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Marais, Bianca
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9199.4.M3414
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Soweto Uprising (South Africa : 1976)
- South Africa
- South Africa
- Apartheid
- Families
- FICTION
- FICTION
- FICTION
- Apartheid
- Families
- South Africa
- Label
- Hum if you don't know the words, Bianca Marais
- Link
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn972640388
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780399575075
- Lccn
- 2017006944
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 9B6BECDE-3307-4923-B3A8-F731F98FB239
- System control number
- (OCoLC)972640388
- Label
- Hum if you don't know the words, Bianca Marais
- Link
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn972640388
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780399575075
- Lccn
- 2017006944
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 9B6BECDE-3307-4923-B3A8-F731F98FB239
- System control number
- (OCoLC)972640388
Subject
- Apartheid -- South Africa -- Fiction
- Electronic books
- FICTION -- Coming of Age
- FICTION -- Family Life
- FICTION -- Literary
- Families
- Families -- South Africa -- Fiction
- Fiction
- 1961-1994
- South Africa
- South Africa -- History -- 1961-1994 -- Fiction
- South Africa -- History -- Soweto Uprising, 1976 -- Fiction
- Soweto Uprising (South Africa : 1976)
- History
- Apartheid
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