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White Elephant

A Novel

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Physician Richard Berringer, his wife, Ann, and their thirteen-year old son, Torquil, have abandoned their recently-completed dream home in Nova Scotia and moved to Sierra Leone, despite warnings that the West African country is in a civil war. Two months on, things are not going well. Tensions are rising between Richard and his boss; Torquil — who hates Sierra Leone almost as much as he hates his father — has launched a hunger strike; and Ann is bedridden with illnesses that Richard believes are all in her head. While the Berringers battle with themselves, each other, and the worlds they inhabit, the narrative repeatedly returns to their past, shedding light on what brought them together, what keeps them together, why they have come to Africa, and why they might not be able to go home again.

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White Elephant, Catherine Cooper, Michael Redhill

Idioma
Publicado en
2016
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Título
White Elephant
Subtítulo
A Novel
Idioma
Inglés
Publicado en
2016
Formato
Tapa blanda
Páginas
416
ISBN10
1554813034
ISBN13
9781554813032
Serie
Descripción
Physician Richard Berringer, his wife, Ann, and their thirteen-year old son, Torquil, have abandoned their recently-completed dream home in Nova Scotia and moved to Sierra Leone, despite warnings that the West African country is in a civil war. Two months on, things are not going well. Tensions are rising between Richard and his boss; Torquil — who hates Sierra Leone almost as much as he hates his father — has launched a hunger strike; and Ann is bedridden with illnesses that Richard believes are all in her head. While the Berringers battle with themselves, each other, and the worlds they inhabit, the narrative repeatedly returns to their past, shedding light on what brought them together, what keeps them together, why they have come to Africa, and why they might not be able to go home again.