| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Praise; Author biography; Title page; Imprint page; Dedication; 1: A House by the River; 2: A Foot in the Wall; 3: The Builder Who Lived in a Shed; 4: The Girl with the Name of a Flower; 5: The Deep End of the Pool; 6: Death in the Morning; 7: Dying of Starvation and the Taste of Lollipops; 8: Sellouts; 9: Lessons from a Flight Instructor; 10: Falling for Mr J; 11: A Few States of Emergency; 12: The Art of Truth-bending; 13: The Smell of Someone Too Old; 14: Aftershocks; 15: The Art of Self-defence; 16: The Taste of a Cool Wind; 17: Escapees; 18: How Things Crumble |
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19: The Rainbow Nation20: Unravelling; 21: Childhood, Version 2; 22: Consecutive Acts of Trust-breaking; 23: Heading North, Losing Things, Letting Go; 24: Turning out the Lights; 25: Money Is Sometimes Nothing; 26: Entropy; 27: Continental Drift; 28: Time-travelling; 29: Home Invasion; 30: Skies of the Southern Hemisphere; 31: The Last Return; 32: Lost Stories; 33: Imaginary Ending; 34: After-images; Acknowledgements |
| Summary |
A brave, heartrending memoir of family, love and longing in the turbulent era of Apartheid in South Africa. During the terrifying years of Apartheid in South Africa, Shelley Davidow's family was a crime. At a time when it was illegal for black and white people to live together, Shelley's social activist parents took in Rosie, an abandoned black three-year-old. Rosie grew up as a beloved daughter and sister in a white household. Against the backdrop of racist laws and ever-present threats of violence, Shelley's parents did all they could to provide a safe, happy home for their five children. But when Rosie was sixteen, devastating truths came to light, shattering the family's understanding of the past. In this haunting memoir, Shelley Davidow sifts through the memories of her early life, searching for hope and reconciliation. Shadow Sisters leaves us with a deeper understanding of family love and of how, sometimes, that love is not enough |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 7, 2018) |
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Davidow, Shelley
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Davidow, Shelley -- Family
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| SUBJECT |
Davidow, Shelley, 1969- fast |
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Apartheid -- South Africa.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
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Apartheid
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Families
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Race relations
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| SUBJECT |
South Africa -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125494
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| Subject |
South Africa
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| Genre/Form |
autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780702260827 |
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0702260827 |
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9780702260834 |
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0702260835 |
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