In a Foreign Country by Hilary Shepherd
Anne is in Ghana for the first time. Her father, Dick, has been working up country for an NGO since his daughter was a small child. They no longer really know eachother. A few days into Anne's six-month stay, she is left with a growing feeling that she's surplus to requirements. She finds respite teaching at a local Catholic school. Anne's close relationship with Michael, a priest, reaches a tipping point that endangers them both. Then out of the blue a terrible accident changes everything. Anne is forced to confront her future and her failings in the glare of the African sun.
Echoes of Colleen McCulloughs The Thorn Birds
A coming of age novel that will appeal to women of all ages
Powerful evocation of expat life in an African township
Hilary Shepherd lived and worked in Ghana
Is love ever enough?
Anne is in Ghana for the first timeHer father, Dick, has been working up country for an NGO since his daughter was a small child. They no longer really know each other.
A few days into Annes six-month stay, the houseboy Moses returns from a trip and Anne is left with a growing feeling that shes surplus to requirements. Her father is grumpy and distant, Moses distinctly put out at her continued presence. She finds respite teaching at a local Catholic school. Then out of the blue a terrible accident changes everything.
Annes close relationship with Michael, a priest whos already in trouble with his superiors in the Church, reaches a tipping point that endangers them both.
With her father dead and Michael sent home in disgrace, Anne is forced to confront her future and her failings in the brutal glare of the African sun.
Hilary Shepherd grew up in suburban Hertfordshire with ambitions for the rural life which were fuelled by a spell in Ghana. Three years later, after two years in the Sudan working for the U.N, she and her husband bought a small holding in the Welsh borders where they farmed for ten years. Since then, Hilary has advised farmers who wished to go into organic conversion and has been renovating a Welsh farmhouse and a derelict cottage in a beautiful Spanish village.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781906784621 |
| ISBN 10 | 1906784620 |
| Title | In a Foreign Country |
| Author | Hilary Shepherd |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Honno Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-03-20 |
| Number of pages | 374 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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