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Somehow Tenderness Survives: Stories of Southern Africa
Apartheid. It's about suffering, about violence Here are ten stories and autobiographical accounts, by southern African writers of various races. Some of the writers -- Nadine Gordimer, Mark Mathabane, Doris Lessing -- are well-known; all of them deserve to be. Their stories, individually and as a group, create a moving, sometimes shockingly vivid portrait of what it feels like to grow up in a land where racism is the law."A stunning group of [ten] stories and autobiographical accounts [by such authors as Doris Lessing and Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer] which vividly evoke what it means to come of age in South Africa under apartheid. Whether a portrayal of a major event in a character's life, or a simple recounting of the small details of everyday living, each story makes a powerful impact [and] will remain in the mind of the reader. This title should be in every YA collection." —V. 1988 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)
1989 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library).
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Somehow Form a Family: Stories That Are Mostly True
This is the book that in hardcover won unanimous praise from reviewers, who called it "beautiful and transcendent" (The Boston Globe), a book that "measures the arc of a culture's mortality in small, personal increments" (Star Tribune, Minneapolis), is written "in a poker-faced style that always seems on the verge of exploding into manic laughter or howls of pain" (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution). They're right. Tony Earley is a writer so good at his craft that you don't read his words so much as inhale them. His first book of nonfiction is one of those unexpected classics, like Ann Lamott's Traveling Mercies, in which a great writer rips open his/her heart and takes the reader inside for a no-holds-barred tour. In a prose style that is deceptively simple, Earley confronts the big things-God, death, civilization, family, his own clinical depression-with wit and grace, without looking away or smirking. .
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Somehow, We'll Survive: Life in Japan During World War II Through The Eyes Of A Young Caucasian Boy
On December 7, 1941, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, drawing the United States into World War II. Living in Japan is a small group of foreigners who have established residency many years earlier Most of them have businesses that involve trade--import-export, retail stores and wholesale establishments. Their children go to English-language Christian missionary schools taught by American, British, Canadian and other nationalities who all suddenly become enemy aliens most of whom are repatriated or interned. But citizens of allied and neutral nations as well as those who are stateless continue their normal way of life. Like other stateless residents, the Sidlines are permitted to remain in Japan. As the war progresses, devastating air raids leave most of the cities uninhabitable. Life becomes more difficult and the population, both native and foreign, starts feeling the effects of deprivation. The Sidlines experience harrowing events that almost cost them their lives. After the war ends, earning a living becomes a formidable task. In this memoir, George Sidline, who was seven years old in 1941, describes what life was like for his family living in Kobe, including their friendship with American POWs at Marks House, adjacent to the Sidline home. George Sidline was persuaded to write this book by many people who were unaware that foreigners lived in Japan during the war. The book is well illustrated with photos and is a must-read for anyone interested in this little known aspect of the periphery of war in the Pacific..
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