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You will be safe here

Barr, Damian2019
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South Africa, 1901, the height of the second Boer War. Sarah van der Watt and her son are taken from their farm by force to Bloemfontein Concentration Camp where, the English promise they will be safe. Johannesburg, 2010. 16-year-old outsider Willem just wants to be left alone with his books and his dog. Worried he's not turning out right, his ma and her boyfriend send him to New Dawn Safari Training Camp. Here they 'make men out of boys'. 'You Will Be Safe Here' is a deeply moving novel of connected parts. Inspired by real events, it uncovers a hidden colonial history and present-day darkness while exploring our capacity for cruelty and kindness.
Main title:
You will be safe here / Damian Barr.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
Collation:
xv, 327 pages ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781408886083 (hbk)1408886081 (hbk)9781408886106 (ePub ebook)
LC class:
PR6102
Language:
English
BRN:
332967
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