Hand_Me_Down_World_Lloyd_Jones
2012 Longlist

Hand Me Down World

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

A woman washes ashore in Sicily. She has come from North Africa to find her son, taken from her when he was just days old by his father and stolen away to Berlin. With nothing but her maid’s uniform and a knife stashed in a plastic bag, she relies on strangers— some generous, some exploiting—to guide her passage north. These strangers tell of their encounters with a quiet, mysterious woman in a blue coat—each account a different view of the truth, a different truth. And slowly these fragments of a life piece together to create a spellbinding story of the courage of a mother and the versions of truth we create to accommodate our lives. Haunting and beautiful, Hand Me Down World is simply unforgettable. (From Publisher)

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Lloyd
Jones

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

A moving account about a mother searching for her missing child. A compelling read, told mostly through the characters the main protagonist, Ines, meets on her journey. With each character giving their version of the truth, the story of a young vulnerable woman’s migration from Africa to Europe is revealed. A poetic, thought provoking novel of our time.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
New Zealand
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
John Murray Publishers, Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd.

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