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The Innocence of Roast Chicken is a novel about a family in the Eastern Cape in the 1960s and their life on their grandparents farm. In 1989, the family's life is shattered when a horrifying incident occurs. Scenes from the family's early life are juxtaposed with Johannesburg in 1989, when the family's life is shattered when a horrifying incident occurs. Kate's despair over her marriage and the national situation returns to an incident one Christmas day. The novel is beautifully constructed and is painful, evocative, and absorbing.
The Innocence of Roast Chicken focuses on an Afrikaans/English family in the Eastern Cape and their idyllic life on their grandparents farm, seen through the eyes of the little girl, Kate, and the subtle web of relationships that is shattered by a horrifying incident in the mid-1960s. Scenes from Kates early life are juxtaposed with Johannesburg in 1989 when Kate, now married to Joe, a human rights lawyer, stands aside from the general euphoria that is gripping the nation. Her despair, both with her marriage and with the national situation, resolutely returns to a brutal incident one Christmas day when Kate was thrust into an awareness of what lay beneath her blissful childhood. Beautifully constructed, The Innocence of Roast Chicken is painful, evocative, beautifully drawn and utterly absorbing. Features Model 9781770106918 Product/Packaging Information Product Weight 0.264kg Product Dimensions 210mm(L) x 148mm(W) x 15mm(H) Shipping Weight 0.264kg Shipping Dimensions 210mm(L) x 148mm(W) x 15mm(H)
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