Silence is my mother tongue : a novel
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Westover - Adult Fiction
F ADDON
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F ADDON
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Book
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194 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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A searing novel of immigration, judgement and sacrifice and the powerful bonds forged in the crucible of refugee camp life from an internationally-acclaimed writer, Silence is My Mother Tongue dissects society's ability to wage war on its own women and explores the stories we must tell to survive in a broken, inhospitable environment.
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"On a hill overlooking a refugee camp in Sudan, a young man strings up bedsheets that, in an act of imaginative resilience, will serve as a screen in his silent cinema. From the cinema he can see all the comings and goings in the camp, especially those of two new arrivals: a girl named Saba, and her mute brother, Hagos. For these siblings, adapting to life in the camp is not easy. Saba mourns the future she lost when she was forced to abandon school, while Hagos, scorned for his inability to speak, must live vicariously through his sister. Both resist societal expectations by seeking to redefine love, sex, and gender roles in their lives, and when a businessman opens a shop and befriends Hagos, they cast off those pressures and make an unconventional choice." --,publisher's description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Addonia, S. Silence is my mother tongue: a novel .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Addonia, Sulaiman. Silence Is My Mother Tongue: A Novel. .
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Addonia, Sulaiman. Silence Is My Mother Tongue: A Novel .
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Addonia, Sulaiman. Silence Is My Mother Tongue: A Novel
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