The year the gypsies came / Linzi Glass
2006, First Edition. London : Penguin. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. SIGNED by the author.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 266 pages; Physical description: x, 266 p. ; 23 cm. Summary: In Johannesburg, South Africa, in the late 1960s, twelve-year-old Emily, who longs for affection from her quarreling parents, finds comfort in the stories of a Zulu servant and in her friendship with a young houseguest who has an equally troubled family. Subjects: Families - Juvenile fiction. Apartheid - Juvenile fiction. Johannesburg (South Africa) - History - 20th century - Juvenile fiction. Item #200961
Price: €15.95