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African Ways

African Ways
Auteur: Valerie Poore

Engels - Paperback

188 pagina's | New title | juni 2007

5.0 van de 5 (1 reviews)

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This is the story of a young woman's first encounters with rural South Africa. Coming from the all-mod-cons society of Britain at the beginning of the 1980's, the author is literally transplanted to a farm in the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains in what is now Kwazulu Natal - where life was considerably more primitive than the one she had come from. Once there, she finds her feet in the ways of Africa with the help of a charming, elderly Dutch couple, an appealing but wily African farm han...

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Gemiddelde beoordeling: 5.0 van de 5
5 van de 5  Window to another world - reader Margaret J's review

17 augustus 2008


This hugely endearing book tells of one woman's experiences in actually doing what many of us just wish we had the courage to do; up sticks and go to live in another country in a society very far removed from our own cosy experiences. Valerie writes naturally and with with great warmth, humour and insight, painting vivid and affectionate pictures of those who helped and mentored her on her journey. She makes light of hardships less brave readers would consider intolerable, and throughout the book has a happy knack of bringing alive the people and places she came to know so well. This is a lovely book, full of wonderful stories. Perfect reading for we less adventurous "what if...."s.

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5 van de 5  Window to another world - reader Margaret J's review

17 augustus 2008


This hugely endearing book tells of one woman's experiences in actually doing what many of us just wish we had the courage to do; up sticks and go to live in another country in a society very far removed from our own cosy experiences. Valerie writes naturally and with with great warmth, humour and insight, painting vivid and affectionate pictures of those who helped and mentored her on her journey. She makes light of hardships less brave readers would consider intolerable, and throughout the book has a happy knack of bringing alive the people and places she came to know so well. This is a lovely book, full of wonderful stories. Perfect reading for we less adventurous "what if...."s.

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Productinformatie

Auteur
Valerie Poore
Taal
Engels
Afmetingen
10x229x152 mm
Gewicht
284 gr
ISBN10
1847535143
ISBN13
9781847535146

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Beschrijving

This is the story of a young woman's first encounters with rural South Africa. Coming from the all-mod-cons society of Britain at the beginning of the 1980's, the author is literally transplanted to a farm in the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains in what is now Kwazulu Natal - where life was considerably more primitive than the one she had come from. Once there, she finds her feet in the ways of Africa with the help of a charming, elderly Dutch couple, an appealing but wily African farm hand, his practical and motherly daughter and a wise and fascinating neighbour who has a fund of local knowledge. They are tales of a different kind of life, which include living without electricity, hand-milking cows, drought, veld fires and mad-cap adventures into the unknown, all told with affection, respect and a liberal dose of tongue-in-cheek humour.

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Gemiddelde beoordeling: 5.0 van de 5
5 van de 5  Window to another world - reader Margaret J's review

17 augustus 2008


This hugely endearing book tells of one woman's experiences in actually doing what many of us just wish we had the courage to do; up sticks and go to live in another country in a society very far removed from our own cosy experiences. Valerie writes naturally and with with great warmth, humour and insight, painting vivid and affectionate pictures of those who helped and mentored her on her journey. She makes light of hardships less brave readers would consider intolerable, and throughout the book has a happy knack of bringing alive the people and places she came to know so well. This is a lovely book, full of wonderful stories. Perfect reading for we less adventurous "what if...."s.

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5 van de 5  Window to another world - reader Margaret J's review

17 augustus 2008


This hugely endearing book tells of one woman's experiences in actually doing what many of us just wish we had the courage to do; up sticks and go to live in another country in a society very far removed from our own cosy experiences. Valerie writes naturally and with with great warmth, humour and insight, painting vivid and affectionate pictures of those who helped and mentored her on her journey. She makes light of hardships less brave readers would consider intolerable, and throughout the book has a happy knack of bringing alive the people and places she came to know so well. This is a lovely book, full of wonderful stories. Perfect reading for we less adventurous "what if...."s.

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5 van de 5  Window to another world - reader Margaret J's review

17 augustus 2008


This hugely endearing book tells of one woman's experiences in actually doing what many of us just wish we had the courage to do; up sticks and go to live in another country in a society very far removed from our own cosy experiences. Valerie writes naturally and with with great warmth, humour and insight, painting vivid and affectionate pictures of those who helped and mentored her on her journey. She makes light of hardships less brave readers would consider intolerable, and throughout the book has a happy knack of bringing alive the people and places she came to know so well. This is a lovely book, full of wonderful stories. Perfect reading for we less adventurous "what if...."s.

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