She left me the gun
Subtitle: my mother's life before me
By: Emma Brockes
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780143125365
Subjects: Family; Travel; Biography; Families; Mothers and daughters; Abusive men; Child sexual abuse
Description: When Emma Brockes was ten years old, her mother said 'One day I will tell you the story of my life and you will be amazed.' Growing up in a tranquil English village, Emma knew very little of her mother's life before her. She knew Paula had grown up in South Africa and had seven siblings.
Table of contents: title: If you think that's aggressive then you really haven't lived; title: South Africa, 1932-1960; title: Chasing the train; title: London, Buckinghamshire, London; title: Departure; title: At the archive; title: A very interesting group of people; title: Friends are like jewels; title: Gold jewelry; title: Everything that matters; title: Hearsay; title: Eloff Street on a Saturday morning; title: Tony; title: Babanango; title: Who wears hats to the dentist; title: Freedom day; title: Afterward; title: Epilogue.