Frankie and Stankie by Barbara Trapido

Frankie and Stankie by Barbara Trapido

Dinah and her sister Lisa are growing up in 1950's South Africa, where racial laws are tightening. They are two little girls from a dissenting liberal family. Big sister Lisa is strong and sensible, while Dinah is weedy and arty. At school, the sadistic Mrs Vaughan-Jones is providing instruction in mental arithmetic and racial prejudice. And then there's the puzzle of lunch break. 'Would you rather have a native girl or a koelie to make your sandwiches?' a first-year classmate asks. But Dinah doesn't know the answer, because it's her dad who makes her sandwiches. As the apparatus of repression rolls on, Dinah finds her own way, escaping into rewarding friendships. Then there's the minefield of boys and university and finally, there's marriage and voluntary exile in London. As we follow Dinah's journey through childhood and adolescence, we enter into one of the darker passages of twentieth-century history. Balancing darkness and light with marvellous dexterity, this is Barbara Trapido at the top of her form - vibrant, profound and, as always, irresistible.

Barbara Trapido was born in South Africa and is the author of five novels including BROTHER OF THE MORE FAMOUS JACK (winner of a Whitbread special prize for fiction), TEMPLES OF DELIGHT(shortlisted for the Sunday Express Book of the Year Award), and most recently THE TRAVELING HORNPLAYER (shortlisted for the 1998 Whitbread Novel Award). She lives in Oxford.

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ISBN 13	9780747560340
ISBN 10	074756034X
Title	Frankie and Stankie
Author	Barbara Trapido
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2003-04-07
Number of pages	320
Prizes	Short-listed for Whitbread Prize (Novel) 2003
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