Oleander, Jacaranda

Oleander, Jacaranda
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 146
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ISBN-10 : 9780060926229
ISBN-13 : 0060926228
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Book Synopsis Oleander, Jacaranda by : Penelope Lively

Download or read book Oleander, Jacaranda written by Penelope Lively and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1995-03-31 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poignant and bittersweet memoir from the distinguished British fiction writer Penelope Lively, Oleander, Jacaranda evokes the author's unusual childhood growing up English in Egypt during the 1930s and 1940s. Filled with the birds, animals and planets of the Nile landscape that the author knew as a child, Oleander, Jacaranda follows the young Penelope from a visit to a fellaheen village to an afternoon at the elegant Gezira Sporting Club, one milieu as exotic to her as the other. Lively's memoir offers us the rare opportunity to accompany a gifted writer on a journey of exploration into the mysterious world of her own childhood.


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