My Mother's Lovers by Christopher Hope

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Once it seemed to Kathleen Healey that Africa was empty and all of it belonged to her. An aviator, big game hunter and knitting devotee, who once boxed three rounds with Ernest Hemingway, she would land her plane wherever and whenever she chose.

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My Mother's Lovers by Christopher Hope

Once it seemed to Kathleen Healy that Africa was empty and all of it belonged to her. An aviator, big game hunter and knitting devotee, who once boxed three rounds with Ernest Hemingway, she would land her plane wherever and whenever she chose. She was free with her favours too, and her multitude of lovers embodied the experiences of whites in Africa, whose sorry history began with Empire and ended with their hasty departure. My Mother's Lovers is an epic tragicomedy, as dark as the European romancing of Africa. Bitingly funny, outrageously inventive and peopled with a fantastical cast of characters, it shows how the hunger to be loved and to belong affects us all. It is Christopher Hope's masterwork.
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ISBN 13 9781843545507
ISBN 10 1843545500
Title My Mother's Lovers
Author Christopher Hope
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Atlantic Books
Year published 2006-09-01
Number of pages 336
Prizes Short-listed for Sunday Times Fiction Prize 2007
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.