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The Resource Children are diamonds : an African apocalypse : a novel, by Edward Hoagland, (electronic resource)
Children are diamonds : an African apocalypse : a novel, by Edward Hoagland, (electronic resource)
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The item Children are diamonds : an African apocalypse : a novel, by Edward Hoagland, (electronic resource) 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 Children are diamonds : an African apocalypse : a novel, by Edward Hoagland, (electronic resource) 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
- Meet Hickey, an American school teacher in his late thirties, an American school teacher who burns his bridges with the school board and goes to Africa as an aid worker. Working for an agency in Nairobi, one of his jobs is to drive food and medical supplies to Southern Sudan to an aid station run by Ruth, a middle-aged woman, who acts as nurse, doctor, hospice worker, feeder of starving children, and witness. Ruth is gruff but efficient, and Hickey, who is usually drawn to youth and beauty, is struck by her devotion. Returning to Nairobi, he can{u2019}t forget what he has seen. When the violence and chaos in the region increase to a fever pitch and aid workers are being slaughtered or evacuated, Hickey is asked to save Ruth overland by Jeep. What happens to them and the children that have joined their journey is the searing climax of this novel. Hoagland paints an unflinching portrait of a living hell at its worst, and yet amid that suffering there is hope in the form of humility, sacrifice, and life-affirming friendship
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- Isbn
- 9781611459340
- Label
- Children are diamonds : an African apocalypse : a novel
- Title
- Children are diamonds
- Title remainder
- an African apocalypse : a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- by Edward Hoagland
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Meet Hickey, an American school teacher in his late thirties, an American school teacher who burns his bridges with the school board and goes to Africa as an aid worker. Working for an agency in Nairobi, one of his jobs is to drive food and medical supplies to Southern Sudan to an aid station run by Ruth, a middle-aged woman, who acts as nurse, doctor, hospice worker, feeder of starving children, and witness. Ruth is gruff but efficient, and Hickey, who is usually drawn to youth and beauty, is struck by her devotion. Returning to Nairobi, he can{u2019}t forget what he has seen. When the violence and chaos in the region increase to a fever pitch and aid workers are being slaughtered or evacuated, Hickey is asked to save Ruth overland by Jeep. What happens to them and the children that have joined their journey is the searing climax of this novel. Hoagland paints an unflinching portrait of a living hell at its worst, and yet amid that suffering there is hope in the form of humility, sacrifice, and life-affirming friendship
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hoagland, Edward
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3558.O334
- LC item number
- C49 2013eb
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
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- Americans
- Americans
- Humanitarian assistance
- Child soldiers
- FICTION / General
- Label
- Children are diamonds : an African apocalypse : a novel, by Edward Hoagland, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Color
- multicolored
- Control code
- ocn852252717
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781611459340
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other physical details
- map.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)852252717
- Label
- Children are diamonds : an African apocalypse : a novel, by Edward Hoagland, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Color
- multicolored
- Control code
- ocn852252717
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781611459340
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other physical details
- map.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)852252717
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