num_pages: 192
description: This autobiography is about growing up in Egypt. It is also an investigation into childhood perception in which the author uses herself and her memories as an insight into how children see and know. It is a look at Egypt up to, and including, World War II from a small girl's point of view, which is also, ultimately, a moving and rather sad picture of an isolated and lonely little girl.
language: English
title: Oleander, Jacaranda: A Childhood Perceived
titlecomplete: Oleander, Jacaranda: A Childhood Perceived
genres: British Literature, Autobiography, Childrens, Female Authors, Biography Memoir, Egypt, Africa, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 542
places: Egypt
publisher: Penguin Books