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biographySt. John, Lauren
Summary: In 1978, in the final, bloodiest phase of the Rhodesian civil war, 11-year-old Lauren St John moves with her family to Rainbow's End, a wild, beautiful farm and game reserve set on the banks of a slowflowing river. The house has been the scene of a horrific attack by guerrillas, and when Lauren's family settles there, a chain of events is set in motion that will change her life irrevocably....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 968.91 STFuller, Alexandra
Summary: The author describes her childhood in Africa during the Rhodesian civil war of 1971 to 1979, relating her life on farms in southern Rhodesia, Milawi, and Zambia with an alcoholic mother and frequently absent father.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Trade Paperbacks 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FULLER, ALEXANDRA FULFuller, Alexandra
Summary: Alexandra Fuller tells the idiosyncratic story of her life growing up white in rural Rhodesia as it was becoming Zimbabwe. The daughter of hardworking, yet strikingly unconventional English-bred immigrants, Alexandra arrives in Africa at the tender age of two. She moves through life with a hardy resilience, even as a bloody war approaches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2011