| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 235 pages) |
| Series |
Global African voices |
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Global African voices.
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| Contents |
Prelude / Domenica Axad -- Barni -- Taageere -- Axad -- Interlude / Taageere -- Barni -- Taageere -- Domenica -- Epilogue / Barni |
| Summary |
When civil war erupts in Somalia, cousins Domenica Axad and Barni are separated and forced to flee the country. Barni manages to eke out a living in Rome, where she works as an obstetrician. Domenica wanders Europe in a painful attempt to reunite her broken family and come to terms with her past. After ten years, the two women reunite. When Domenica gives birth to a son, Barni, also known as Little Mother, is at her side. Together with the new baby, Domenica and Barni find their Somali roots and start to |
| Notes |
English translation of Italian original |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Cousins -- Fiction
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Exiles -- Fiction
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FICTION -- General.
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Cousins
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Exiles
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bellesia, Giovanna.
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Poletto, Victoria Offredi.
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Di Maio, Alessandra.
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| ISBN |
9780253001481 |
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025300148X |
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0253356105 |
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9780253356109 |
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0253000173 |
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9780253000170 |
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9780253356123 |
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0253356121 |
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