Frankie and Stankie
Publication details: United Kingdom; Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; 2009Description: 307 Pages; PaperbackISBN:- 9780747599593
- 823.91
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 | Karachi Adult Fiction | 823.91 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | PKLC009668 | |||
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 | Lahore Adult Fiction | 823.91 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Withdrawn | For Sale | PKLC004351 |
Dinah and her sister Lisa are growing up in 1950s South Africa, where racial laws are tightening. They are two little girls from a dissenting liberal family. Big sister Lisa is strong and sensible, while Dinah is weedy and arty. At school, the sadistic Mrs Vaughan-Jones is providing instruction in mental arithmetic and racial prejudice. And then there's the puzzle of lunch break. 'Would you rather have a native girl or a koelie to make your sandwiches?' a first-year classmate asks. But Dinah doesn't know the answer, because it's her dad who makes her sandwiches. As the apparatus of repression rolls on, Dinah finds her own way. As we follow her journey through childhood and adolescence, we enter into one of the darker passages of twentieth-century history.
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