Before Women Had Wings
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0552777811
ISBN-13
9780552777810
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint
Black Swan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 31st, 2011
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
336 grams
Dimensions
19.60 x 12.90 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Ksh 2,900.00
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In 1965 Bird, christened Avocet, aged six, is living with her family in a Florida citrus grove. Bird, against Mama's wishes, makes friends with Miss Zora, a black woman in a neighbouring trailer. Mama finally agrees to get help for her alcoholism, and Miss Zora takes Bird and Phoebe to live with her at her home in South Florida.
In 1965 Bird, christened Avocet, aged six, is living with her family in a Florida citrus grove. Daddy and Mama, who run a general store, fight frequently and drink too much; Bird and her older sister Phoebe are beaten equally frequently. Daddy is eventually found dead in his car; Mama and the girls leave the grove and move into a trailer in the grounds of a motel outside Tampa. Bird, against Mama''s wishes, makes friends with Miss Zora, a black woman in a neighbouring trailer. Miss Zora is a kindly white witch, whose wisdom and herbal remedies provide a mainstay in Bird''s difficult life. Bird runs away to the city to escape her mother''s cruelty, and meets a gentle biker who brings her home. Mama finally agrees to get help for her alcoholism, and Miss Zora takes Bird and Phoebe to live with her at her home in South Florida.
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