Far From Home - Tapa blanda

Never gratuitous, and told with a delicate touch, Far From Home educates and moves in equal measure and I'd thoroughly recommend it as a moving insight into the struggles of Zimbabwe and its people.

An incredible story, filled with so much heart and hope.

A timely book, and a highly recommended read. Atmospheric and epic in scope, the book brings the turbulent history of Zimbabwe to vivid, tangible life, challenging the reader to view it with new eyes.

With Zimbabwe's fraught colonial legacy as her backdrop, Na'ima B. Robert creates a tale that is in equal parts atmospheric, touching and haunting. A must read.

Atmospheric, gripping and epic in scope... Far From Home brings the turbulent history of Zimbabwe to vivid and tangible life, challenging the reader to see it with new eyes.

Na'ima ought to be commended for pulling a strong narrative out there, painting the political turmoil of Zimbabwe from the past to the present and weaving believable characters into the story for us to enjoy. Na'ima's Far From Home is a thrilling and intensely emotional story. I cannot recommend it better.

A strong novel that takes on a controversial aand important subject and is therefore a timely addition to young adult fiction.

I found it to be a heart-wrenching testament to the human condition, and its ability to discover the strength to fight for your rights in the face of adversity, a universal message of truth, acceptance and not giving up. Please, please read.

The evocation of landscape and the emotion it engenders is powerfully done. Tariro's story leaves you with tears down your cheeks and a residue of guilt that is harder to wipe away.

Hard to read at times, this is a beautifully written emotionally powerful story... Highly recommended.

Will I ever see my home again? I do not know.
Will I ever see my father again? I do not know.
Will life ever be the same again? I do not know.

Katie and Tariro are worlds apart but their lives are linked by a terrible secret, gradually revealed in this compelling and dramatic story of two girls grappling with the complexities of adolescence, family and a painful colonial legacy.
14-year-old Tariro loves her ancestral home, the baobab tree she was born beneath, her loving family - and brave, handsome Nhamo. She couldn't be happier. But then the white settlers arrive, and everything changes - suddenly, violently, and tragically.
Thirty-five years later, 14-year-old Katie loves her doting father, her exclusive boarding school, and her farm with its baobab tree in rural Zimbabwe. Life is great. Until disaster strikes, and the family are forced to leave everything and escape to cold, rainy London.
Atmospheric, gripping and epic in scope, Far from Home brings the turbulent history of Zimbabwe to vivid, tangible life.

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