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Whitethorn – By Bryce Courtenay
Bryce Courtenay new novel about Africa is set back 1939, when white South Africa was a divided nation with many of the Afrikaner people fanatically opposed to English.
With a world war about to break out South Africa fights for the Allied cause against Germany. Six-year-old Tom Fitzsaxby finds himself in an orphanage (The Boys Farm) in a remote town in the high mountains, where the Afrikaners have sided with Hitler's Germany.
The young boy is ostracized because of his English name, making him a very lonely outsider, and learning some very harsh life lessons. Like the whitethorn, one of Africa's most enduring plants, the young boy learns how to survive amongst the racial hatred. Then a shocking event sends him on a journey to ensure that justice is done.
Book Info:
Format: Paperback
Pages: 696
ISBN-13: 9780143004844
Imprint: Penguin
Publisher: Penguin Aus.
Origin: Australia
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction (Post C 1945)
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