2006 Longlist
Away From You
ABOUT
THE BOOK
When Ellie’s father dies she has to return to Kenya after twenty-five years to wind up his affairs. She becomes embroiled in trying to discover the secret at the heart of his life and her parents’ marriage in 1960’s Kenya. It was a time of keeping up appearances, stiff whiskies, English gardens amidst the African Bush, and reined in violence.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Country
USA
Original Language
English
Publisher
Penguin
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